The Live Healthy Live Well Team regularly offers webinars with The Ohio State University, Your Plan for Health. Here are a few of those recorded webinars if you are looking for more information on health and wellness. Webinars typically last a little less than 30 minutes.
Achieving Optimism and Gratitude through Mindfulness – Joanna Fifner and Bridget Britton – Find out how mindfulness can be incorporated into your life, and exercises and resources available to bring optimism into your life. go.osu.edu/optimismgratitudemindfulness
Build a Positive, More Productive Team, at Work or at Home – Lisa Barlage and Shannon Carter – This webinar focuses on the power of positivity. It shares research on how both positivity and negativity can impact people, and what you can do to move towards a more positive attitude. go.osu.edu/positive_productiveteam
Digital Detoxing – Jenny Lobb – Technology has many positive uses, but the overconsumption of technology can have a negative effect on health. In this webinar Jenny shares strategies to reduce technology consuption in your everyday life and how doing so can have a positive impact on your physical, mental and social health. go.osu.edu/digitaldetoxing
Eating for the Health of It – Susan Zies and Courtney Klebe – Learn what you should include in a healthful meal, what the health halo effect is, and how to include in-season vegetables and fruits in your diet. go.osu.edu/eatingforhealth
Financial Independence: The Parent’s Role – Joanna Fifner and Melinda Hill – Find out what a child needs to know before living on their own and how to know they are ready to move out (either as a college student or in a first apartment). go.osu.edu/financial_teens
Gluten Free Baking – Shannon Carter – Find out more about the role of gluten in foods, gluten free flours and baking/cooking tips. Shannon will also share recipe adaptations and suggestions she has tried with her own family. go.osu.edu/glutenfreebaking
Gluten-Free Eating – Shannon Carter – Learn who should follow a gluten-free diet, sources, of gluten cross-contact, and information about gluten free foods from the mother of a gluten-free family. go.osu.edu/glutenfreeweb
Growing your own produce, CSAs, and Farmer’s Markets – Jenny Lobb – Do you know how to find local produce in your community this summer? Maybe you’ll join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program, shop at a Farmer’s Market, visit a local farm or plant your own veggies. This webinar will give an overview of each option and help you make the best choice for your needs! go.osu.edu/localfoodscsas
Healthy Eating for Fast-Paced Lives – Dan Remley and Amanda Bohlen – Discover the qualities of a healthy snack, the best choices for restaurant options, and ideas for foods from convenience stores. go.osu.edu/healthyeating_fastpacedlives
Healthy Halloween and Harvest Treats:Don’t Let It Scare You – Michelle Treber and Pat Brinkman – Check out these healthier treat options, ideas for party snacks, decorations, and harvest party activities that don’t include sugar. go.osu.edu/healthyhalloween
Healthier Holiday Foods – Lisa Barlage and Pat Brinkman – Discover the top 10 quick and easy holiday make-overs. Included in this webinar are ingredient substitutions, food safety tips, and side-dish and dessert swap-out ideas. go.osu.edu/healthyaroundholidays.
Holiday Stress – Shannon Carter and Daniel Remley – Do you find yourself feeling stressed and rushed by the chaos and busy-ness that typically comes with the month of December? Stress can decrease your enjoyment of the holiday and leave you feeling tired and depressed. This webinar offers practical tips to handle the time and stress crunch we face during December, as well as how to use some mindfulness strategies to help you ‘find your calm.’ go.osu.edu/holiday_stress
Ins and Outs of Tracking Your Intake – Tammy Jones – Learn more about they types of wellness trackers that are available, what you should track (food, sodium, physical activity, or water), and what you can do with the results. go.osu.edu/trackingintake
Managing Risk – Melanie Hart – Find out how individuals and families can manage their financial risk. Includes information on Identity Theft and Insurance Principals. go.osu.edu/financialrisk
Million Hearts: Reducing Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease – Pat Brinkman and Michelle Treber – Learn more about the ABCSs of the Million Hearts campaign. Blood pressure, cholesterol management and stress reduction are all part of this heart healthy focus. go.osu.edu/millionheartsweb
Local Foods: Part of Your Plan for Health? – Patrice Powers-Barker – Watch this webinar to learn what is a local food, what makes local foods healthful, and how to find local foods in your own neighborhood. go.osu.edu/localfoods
The Mindless Margin: Ways to Cut Calories Without Feeling Deprived! – Jenny Lobb – Diets don’t work. If you’ve ever tried to “go on a diet”, you probably know from firsthand experience how frustrating and defeating it can feel to put yourself in a state of deprivation. Unfortunately, there is a whole industry devoted to “selling” diets and promoting certain foods as “good” and others as “bad”. So, if you are legitimately trying to lose weight, where do you turn for advice? What really works? In this webinar, Jenny Lobb, a Registered Dietitian and Extension Educator, will share strategies you might use to cut calories without feeling deprived, ultimately leading you toward a sustainable lifestyle change for the better. go.osu.edu/waystocutcalories
The Mystery and Magic of Your Gut Bugs, Part 1– Donna Green – This series of webinars starts with an introduction of microbiomes, and how to get children off to a good start in life. Tune into Part 2 for information that focuses on adults. go.osu.edu/gutbugs_part1
The Mystery and Magic of Your Gut Bugs, Part 2 – Donna Green – How to eat to have a healthy microbiomes and how they impact your risk for disease. go.osu.edu/gutbugs_part2
The Power of Green Foods – Michelle Treber and Lisa Barlage – Check out this webinar that highlights to benefits of eating green foods, how to make kale chips and roasted brussels sprouts, and more. go.osu.edu/powerofgreenfoods
The Relationship of Nutrition and Chronic Disease – Shannon Carter – In this webinar, we explore the relationship between nutrition, stress, and chronic disease. We’ll look at general dietary recommendations to prevent and manage chronic disease. We’ll also explore how mindfulness, and intuitive eating play a role in managing stress and chronic disease. go.osu.edu/nutrition_chronicdisease
Sun Safety – Pat Brinkman – Learn why sun screen is necessary, how to choose the best sun screen for yourself, other methods to protect your skin, and more about being sun safe. go.osu.edu/sun_safety
Supermarket Smarts – Carol Smathers and Jenny Lobb -This webinar contains tips to take the stress of grocery shopping, save money at the grocery store and overcome the allure of persuasive marketing. go.osu.edu/supermarketsmarts
Taking Fitness Outside: The Benefits of Outdoor Physical Activity – Shawna Hite – Webinar encourages creative ways to be active outdoors. go.osu.edu/fitnessoutside
The Right Bite – Pat Brinkman – How do you decide what to eat when you are eating in a restaurant? This webinar will help you make decisions on what is “The Right Bite.” go.osu.edu/therightbite
Understanding Fats In Your Diet – Pat Brinkman – This webinar covers types of fats, fats to reduce or avoid, good fats, and more. go.osu.edu/understandingfats
