Final Press Release 4

For Immediate Release
Mar. 5, 2009
Emilie H. Wheeler
Local News Editor
Herald News and Journal
75 West 300 North
Logan, UT 84321

Healthy Girls Become Strong Women


LOGAN, Utah—Cache Valley Community Health Center, 550 E. 1400 N. will host a health education program, designed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health, targeted for parents and caregivers of adolescents. BodyWorks will be taught every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and will provide tools needed to improve family eating and activity habits.

The program is free to the public and taught by two USU students, Lindsey Shipley and Lance Christiansen, majoring in exercise science. The program provides a non-threatening atmosphere to learn more about how families can live healthier lifestyles. “We want to create an open forum for discussion and sharing with our BodyWorks program,” said Lindsey Shipley, BodyWorks instructor. “I’m excited to be part of this and give back what I can to the community.”

BodyWorks is a program designed to help parents and caregivers of adolescent girls and boys improve family eating and activity habits. The Toolkit includes a video on healthy shopping and cooking strategies, a recipe book, and food and fitness journals. Using the BodyWorks Toolkit, the program focuses on parents as role models and provides them with hands-on tools to make small, specific behavior changes to prevent obesity and help maintain a healthy weight. The BodyWorks program uses a train-the-trainer model to distribute the Toolkit through community-based organizations, state health agencies, non-profit organizations, health clinics, hospitals and health care systems.

For more information contact Lindsey Shipley or the Cache Valley Community Health Center at 435-752-7060.

Lindsey Shipley
BodyWorks Instructor
801-367-7005
shipshapefit@yahoo.com


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