Wellness
Lifestyle Assessment | Diet Analysis | Stress Management | Interactive Educational Presentations | Hornets on the Move | Resources | Links & Recommendations
The goal of our program is to help students develop skills and empower them to make healthy choices for their own personal health and wellness. We believe a healthy lifestyle can be easy and fun!
A computerized assessment which helps analyze how your lifestyle behaviors may be affecting your health. To schedule a 15 minute appointment to complete an assessment call 278-6461 or stop by the Health & Wellness Promotion Department, Room 1011.
Why do I need a Diet Analysis?
Understanding your diet and how it is affecting your goal is essential to your health. It will help you:
- Assess, monitor and modify your diet as needed
- Ensure your nutritional needs are being met
- Optimize your diet to enhance your personal health goals
- Review dietary goals for special diets
- Evaluate your meal planning
See how your diet stacks up! We will prepare a report for you that compares your current nutrient intake with the nutrition that you need based on your height, weight, age, gender, and activity level, all for FREE!
Diet analysis Instructions:
- Download the following three-day food record forms or stop by Health & Wellness Promotion, Room 1011 to pick up the forms.
- Print and fill out the food record forms. Instructions are included on the forms, please read and follow them carefully. If you have any questions, please call 916-278-5422.
- Bring the completed forms to Health & Wellness Promotion, Room 1011. We will make an appointment for you to come back and pick up your results.
- All diet analysis appointments include a brief consultation with a trained Peer Health Educator. They will help you navigate your diet analysis results and answer any general questions you might have. You will also receive educational resources on nutrition and healthy eating.
Interactive Educational Presentations
Sacramento State Peer Health Educators and Wellness Program staff are available to present the following topics to your class and/or clubs:
- Nutrition Jeopardy
- College Health Jeopardy
- Healthy Eating 101
- Stress Management
- Food For Fuel
- What is Diabetes?
- Or, let us know what you are looking for!
Hornets on the Move - Running and Walking Group
Hornets on the Move (HOTM)- a collaborative program of Sacramento State Recreational Sports, Student Health Services and Peak Adventures, is a free walking and running group for students, staff and faculty. HOTM uses local trails and group motivation to help participants improve their health through running and walking for fitness. The program objectives include:
- To implement an action-oriented wellness education activity.
- To assist in the establishment of a running and walking group for students, staff and faculty at varying levels of fitness with the intention of encouraging positive choices for personal wellness.
- To offer individuals a social network that will support each individual's attainment of their fitness goals.
- To have fun!
Where: meet in front of the Student Health Center.
During each meeting there will be one faculty advisor and/or one peer health educator guiding members through workouts.
Each member will receive a free HOTM dri-fit tee shirt after their fifth time participating.
Tips and Guides
- Campus Eating Guide
- Diet Analysis – 3 Day Food Journal
- Great Recipes Book
- Grocery Store Guide – Healthy Buys
- Healthy Bites – Eating Out Right
- Healthy Snacks
- How Can I Improve My Eating Habits?
- Quick and Healthy Meal Ideas
- Vegetarian Meal Planning
- What’s Cook’n Recipe Book
- Why Eat Breakfast?
Recipes: check out our new recipe books full of healthy and easy to prepare dishes and meal ideas. Download the whole book to add to your cookbook collection!
- What’s Cook’n Recipe Book
- Great Recipes Book
Cooking and recipes
Cooking Light: www.cookinglight.com
Meals Matter: www.mealsmatter.com
Wild Oats: www.wildoats.com
Food For Fitness and Fun: www.extension.iastate.edu/food/recipies/index.htm
VegCooking: www.vegcooking.com
Vegetarian Times: www.vegetariantimes.com
Books and Magazines
- The Weeknight Survival Cookbook
- Cooking Light 5 Ingredient 15 Minute Cookbook
- The Healthy College Cookbook: Quick, Cheap and Easy
- Quick and Healthy Meal Ideas
- Diet and Nutrition Magazine
- Cooking Light Magazine
- Center for Science in the Public Interest Newsletter
Calorie King: www.calorieking.com
MyPyramid: www.mypyramid.gov
Nutrition and Health Organizations
American Dietetic Association: www.eatright.org
American Heart Association: www.americanheart.org
Center for Science in the Public Interest: www.cspinet.org
American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org
California Diabetes Program: www.caldiabetes.rog
American Cancer Society: www.cancer.org
Vegetarian Resource Group: www.vrg.org/index.htm
Home Food Safety: www.homefoodsafety.org/index.jsp
NCAA Sports Nutrition: http://www.drugfreesport.com/choices/nutrition/index.html
Fast Food and Nutrition Facts
McDonalds: www.mcdonalds.com/usa/eat/nutrition_info.html
Burger King: www.bk.com/nutrition/pdfs/brochure.pdf
Taco Bell: www.tacobell.com
Subway: www.subway.com/applications/nutritioninfo/index.aspx
Healthy Dining Finder: www.healthydiningfinder.com
Body Image and Eating Disorder Resources
The National Eating Disorders Association: www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
About Face: www.about-face.org
Exercise Prescription: www.exrx.net
American College of Sports Medicine: www.acsm.org