Heart-Healthy Firefighter E-news: September 2009
In this issue:
- Maintain Your Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Throughout the Year
- Share Your National Firefighter Health Week Story
- Securing Sponsors for Your Department Health and Wellness Program
- New Study Recommends Reduced Intake of Added Sugars
- Register Now for the Heart of America Emergency Service Games
- September is National Preparedness Month: Are You Ready?
- Check Out the Latest Firefighter Health News from FireRescue1
- Heart-Healthy Tips: Eat More Whole Grains
- Heart-Healthy Firefighter September Challenge: 5-A-Day Challenge
- Recipe: Corn Chowder
- Calendar of Events
Maintain Your Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Throughout the Year
The 3rd annual National Firefighter Health Week was held on August 17-21. This was an opportunity for you to focus on your total health – heart, mind, and body. Hopefully you used this week as an opportunity to focus on your own health as well as the health and wellness of your department. As you know, decreasing your risk factors and making healthy lifestyle choices benefits not only you, but also your family, department, and the community that you serve. Read full article.
Share Your National Firefighter Health Week Story
Fire departments nationwide focused on their health and wellness during National Firefighter Health Week on August 17-21. Many departments and emergency organizations conducted special activities and events corresponding with the week’s daily topics, which highlighted issues such as mental/behavioral health, heart-health, and fitness and nutrition. Help inspire first responders nationwide by sharing your National Firefighter Health Week story with the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program. Read full article.
Securing Sponsors for Your Department Health and Wellness Program
Your whole department is energized after National Firefighter Health Week and wants to create a year-round health and wellness program or strengthen an existing one. But how do you find the funding to implement or further develop a program? Read full article.
New Study Recommends Reduced Intake of Added Sugars
A new American Heart Association scientific statement provides specific guidance on limiting the consumption of added sugars and provides information about the relationship between excess sugar intake and metabolic abnormalities, adverse health conditions, and shortfalls in essential nutrients. The statement, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, provides for the first time the association’s recommendations on specific levels and limits on the consumption of added sugars. Read full article.
Register Now for the Heart of America Emergency Service Games
There is still time to register for the 2009 “Heart of America” Emergency Service Games, held September 24-27, 2009, in Wichita, KS. The games are hosted by the Kansas Police and Fire Athletic Association to promote a common goal of better health and wellness for the Midwest’s first responders by engaging in activity and sport. Read full article.
September is National Preparedness Month: Are You Ready?
September is National Preparedness Month, an opportunity for Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses, and schools. It is also important for first responders to be mentally and physically prepared for emergencies to ensure they are ready to effectively protect their communities. Read full article.
Check Out the Latest Firefighter Health News from FireRescue1
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Heart-Healthy Tips: Eat More Whole Grains
September is Whole Grains Month and National Cholesterol Education Month. Did you know that eating a diet high in soluble fiber – which is found in many whole grain foods - can help reduce your cholesterol? These tips from MyPyramid.gov will help you eat more whole grains as part of your heart-healthy diet. Learn about healthy eating and cholesterol at www.healthy-firefighter.org. Read full article.
Heart-Healthy Firefighter September Challenge: 5-A-Day Challenge
This September, challenge each of your department members to increase their intake of fruits and vegetables a day as part of Fruit and Veggies – More Matters Month. View challenge.
Recipe: Corn Chowder
Courtesy of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Calendar of Events
View a list of events the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program will be attending as well as nationally-recognized dates the Program would like to acknowledge.
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*The content of this E-news is for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for advice from your physician. You should seek prompt medical care for any specific health issues; only your healthcare provider should diagnose a medical condition and prescribe treatment. You may also wish to consult with your health care professional or nutritionist before starting a new diet or fitness regimen.