NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EFNEP
EFNEP promotes good nutrition and physical activity as a means of maintaining a healthy lifestyle free of chronic disease. The program helps adults and their families establish and maintain healthy eating habits and physically active lifestyles.
Dining with Diabetes
Dining with Diabetes (DWD) is a series of fun and interactive classes focused on diabetes management and prevention. The course helps individuals build food skills through cooking demonstrations while learning about carbohydrate counting, portion control, label reading, and meal planning.
Heart Health Series
A healthy diet and lifestyle are key to preventing and managing cardiovascular disease. This series will focus on diet and lifestyle recommendations for lowering cardiovascular disease risk and ways to make them part of your life for long-term benefits to your health and your heart.
Cooking Skills Class
With a primary focus that fosters
at-home cooking for optimal health, culinary medicine is elevating the way evidenced-based food and nutrition information is shared with patients. These cooking classes help people improve their dietary habits by reducing common barriers to cooking including lack of time, limited cooking skills, and low cooking confidence.
General Nutrition Classes
These classes are a great for anyone who doesn't want to make a commitment to a multi-session series. Topics will vary but will generally cover nutrition basics such as healthy eating styles, dietary recommendations, portion control, and label reading. Some classes will be virtual and some will be held in person.
Individual Nutrition Counseling
Interested in meeting one-on-one with a nutrition professional? Contact Harmony Healthcare Long Island to schedule an appointment with one of their Registered Dietitians who will help you with a personalized nutrition plan to improve your health.
NUTRITION CLASS SCHEDULE
Please review the class schedule and descriptions below.
Click on the registration links for each class to sign-up. Classes are FREE, but registration is required.
Currently, these classes are only open to NY Fresh Rx program participants.
If you are interested in nutrition classes but don’t participate in NY Fresh Rx, please visit ccenassau.org to find nutrition classes open to the public.
JULY 2024
Cooking with your Box (English and Spanish)
TUESDAYS:
AUGUST 6, 13, 20, 27, SEPTEMBER 3, 10, 17 & 24
Cooking with your Box (in person)
Nutrition Chats (virtual English)
Nutrition Chats (virtual Spanish)
THURSDAY, JULY 18TH
6:00pm - 7:30pm
HHLI Hempstead (Lower-Level Conference Room)
Live cooking demonstrations where your educator will show you different ways to prepare the produce included in your box and provide you will new recipes to try at home. Each class will focus on one or more of the following:
Cooking terminology and principles
Food selection, substitution, shopping, safety, and storage
Basic preparation skills including knife skills, measuring, and mixing techniques
How to read, interpret, and follow recipes
Meal planning
EFNEP offers an 8-week hands-on interactive workshop to help participants improve food and physical activity behaviors, food resource management, food safety, and food security. Through an experiential learning process, they increase their ability to select and buy food; gain skills in food preparation storage and sanitation; and learn to better manage their food budgets and related resources.
Virtual Nourishing your Heart (Spanish)
THURSDAY, JULY 25TH
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual - Zoom Link provided upon registration.
Nourishing Your Heart
A healthy diet and lifestyle are key to preventing and managing heart disease. During these classes, you will learn key strategies for improving your heart health including:
Different diets recommended for heart disease including the DASH diet and the Mediterranean Diet
Sodium's role in heart health
How to read a nutrition label to identify heart healthy foods
Fats and cholesterol
Other lifestyle recommendations, including exercise to improve your heart health and well-being
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2024
EFNEP CLASS SERIES
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual - Zoom Link provided upon registration.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8
6:00pm - 7:00pm
HHLI Hempstead (Lower-Level Conference Room)
Live cooking demonstrations where your educator will show you different ways to prepare the produce included in your box and provide you will new recipes to try at home.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Learn about the importance of eating a variety of fruits and vegetables in this class! In "Balancing a Healthy Plate," we will discuss the benefits of each food group (fruits, vegetables, protein, grains and dairy). This class will also discuss recommended serving sizes and strategies on how to portion your meals for meal planning.
Virtual - Zoom Link provided upon registration.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Learn about balancing a healthy plate.
Virtual - Zoom Link provided upon registration.
Virtual Nourishing your Heart (English)
THURSDAY, JULY 11TH
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual - Zoom Link provided upon registration.
Nourishing Your Heart
A healthy diet and lifestyle are key to preventing and managing heart disease. During these classes, you will learn key strategies for improving your heart health including:
Different diets recommended for heart disease including the DASH diet and the Mediterranean Diet
Sodium's role in heart health
How to read a nutrition label to identify heart healthy foods
Fats and cholesterol
Other lifestyle recommendations, including exercise to improve your heart health and well-being