Photo By Twana Atkinson | 1st Lt. Savanah Gideon explains how to create a 'healthy plate' to participants at...... read more read more
WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Womack Army Medical Center hosted an Operation Healthy Mindset event to promote a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being January 17.
Womack employees and guests took advantage of the displays and information tables set up in front of the dining facility during the lunch break.
“It is an approach to personal health that emphasizes individual responsibility for wellbeing through the practice of health promoting lifestyle behaviors,” according to the Chief of Family Advocacy Program Maj. Alexander Ragan.
The intent was to present information to staff and guests of the Womack dining facitilt with healthy food options and information on how to improve and sustain a healthy lifestyle, said Ragan.
The chief of outpatient nutrition services, 1st Lt. Savanah Gideon had a ‘healthy plate’ display to encourage better food choices by using food models of each food group and allowing the participants to build their own plate.
“Eating should be fun,” explained Gideon. “As long as you have a half of a plate of vegetables, a quarter of a plate of protein and a quarter of a plate of fiber then you are making good choices.”
The Fort Bragg Ready and Resilient Performance Center’s information table explained the mixture of resilience training and sport psychology it offers to the Fort Bragg community through group or one-on-one training.
“Our main focus is to help people learn how to be more self-aware, self-motivated, optimistic, mentally agile, and learn better connections with other people,” said Valerie Alston, a Master Resilient Trainer of Performance Expert at the Ready and Resilience Performance Center.
The event also had information tables from medical center’s Smoking Cessation and the Public Health Body Composition Army Wellness Center.
Kahlilah Majied, a management analyst at Womack, participated in the event and left with a new refreshed goal to start the year.
“I think the information tables were a good thing to have to encourage those making New Year’s resolutions to stay committed to a healthy lifestyle,” said Majied. The ‘Building a healthy plate’ demonstration really helped me put things in perspective and stay motivated on my new journey to fitness.”
All services highlighted in the event are available to all TRICARE beneficiaries.
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| Date Taken: | 01.17.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 01.23.2019 14:29 |
| Story ID: | 307950 |
| Location: | FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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