Are you interested in improving your eating habits to improve your health and well-being?
The Furman University Eating Lean (FUEL) Healthy Lifestyle Intervention is designed to assist faculty, staff, and dependents enhance health and well-being. There is no cost to participate.
The FUEL Intervention Includes:
- Weekly classes discussing practical ways to improve eating and physical activity habits. Classes will be held in the PAC on Wednesdays from 11:30- 12:15 and repeated again from 1:30-2:15 p.m. Participants may attend either class.
- Simple dietary guidelines based on the FUEL plate: one half vegetables and/ or fruits, one quarter whole grains or potatoes, and one quarter lean protein. No calorie counting or restrictive portion sizes are required.
- Analysis of blood cholesterol, triglycerides, blood glucose, hemoglobin A1c, C-reactive protein, and blood pressure
- State-of-the-art body composition assessment via Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA)
- Available medical consultations with Stoneview Internal Medicine at the Furman Employee On-site Clinic
- Individualized exercise training and program design from Furman Health Science majors
The next session of FUEL will be held January – May, 2014. For more information or to register, please contact Kelly Frazier in the Department of Health Sciences via email at kelly.frazier@furman.edu or ext. 2816.