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It is official Savannah, we have reached the middle of the year! Soon we will enjoy the sun rays of Summer! Awareness brings the power to influence outcomes and so we want to highlight Men's Health Awareness month, Juneteenth, and women's brain health. As we have done in the past, you will find a brief analysis of our Community Health Survey focused on communication. If you have not scrolled through our Instagram or Facebook, our #healthyeats pancake reel recipe may just lead you to try a healthier breakfast option! To conclude you will read about our sponsor highlight of the month, Enmarket! We congratulate them on their new location in Richmond Hill, GA; Shirley Chisholm as a public servant leader; and we cordially invite you to our in-person Steering Committee meeting on June 14th. Keep scrolling to read all about it!
In Health,
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- Monday June 5th: World Environment Day
- Wednesday June 14th: Flag Day
- Sunday June 18th: Father's Day
- Monday June 19th: Juneteenth
- Wednesday June 21st: First Day of Summer
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Juneteenth (short for June nineteenth) commemorates the day that Union General Gordon Granger marched his troops into Galveston, Texas on June 19th, 1865. General Granger announced that all enslaved people were legally free and had been for more than two years with the Emancipation Proclamation issued on January 1st, 1863. Celebrations started in the newly-freed Black community. However it was not until December of 1865 that slavery was truly abolished with the addition of the 13th amendment to the United States constitution. As a nation and as human beings, we immortalize the celebration of this newly established federal national holiday signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 19th, 2021.
What Is Juneteenth?
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You probably have heard or read that women live longer than men. But why is this? The main causes are lifestyle behaviors and risk taking activities. One of the biggest health threats men face is cardiovascular complications. Men are generally at a greater risk of hypertension than their same-age female counterparts due to poor diet, lack of physical exercise, and daily routine. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men in the United States. About 1 in 14 black men and 1 in 13 white men have coronary heart disease.
How can you prevent or reduce your risk of heart disease? Processed foods have taken over our lives offering quick meals that have no nutritional value and lack of nutrition education and/or access to healthy foods have exacerbated this problem.
Become informed of what resources your local organizations offer. From physical activity opportunities to healthy and affordable food choices and educational materials to help you lead a healthier lifestyle.
What does Savannah offer? Click the link "Tide to Town" to learn where the first three miles are of this walking and biking trail that will encompass Savannah. If you or someone you know have difficulty engaging in physical exercise, perhaps doing it in a group setting could help. Check out our Facebook page for our healthy walks we have every Tuesday at 7:30am.
What about nutrition? Click the link "Farm Truck 912" to become informed of this great initiative by Forsyth Farmers Market on local and fresh affordable produce.
It can be difficult at the beginning to change lifestyle behaviors, but it is possible with consistency and small changes as you go. It not only benefits you, but it will benefit those around you. Be a positive influence and set the example.
Men's Health
Men and Heart Disease
Tide to Town
Farm Truck 912
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Women's Health: Brain Health
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Living a healthy lifestyle has to start from the inside out. If we put the time and effort into taking care of our most vital organs, we will experience long-term health benefits. Making healthy choices is difficult because we are rarely instantly rewarded. Making healthy choices pays off in our quality of life and the length of our life. Statistically, women live longer than men by at least six years. Living longer also contributes to women experiencing higher rates of brain diseases, such as Alzheimer’s Disease and other degenerative issues. Women need to make simple and healthy decisions to improve their overall brain health.
The simplest action that women can make is getting more physical activity throughout the week. Physical activity does not need to be going to the gym and lifting weights, or working up an intense sweat. Physical activity can be achieved by going for a walk with your family, or friends for 20-30 minutes a day. Going for a healthy walk can help your brain destress! Research has shown that by doing as little as 10 minutes of light walking everyday showed improvements in a person’s memory, stress levels, and ability to focus.
To improve brain health even more, women can pay attention to the food choices they make. Let’s focus on the best foods for our brains: dark green, leafy vegetables! This includes kale, spinach, collard greens, bok choy, and romaine lettuce. If women make the goal of eating one of these vegetables a day, and going for a healthy walk for 10-30 minutes a day, their long-term brain health benefits will improve. You may notice less stress, better ability to concentrate, better memory, and improved sleep. Again, health benefits take time. Be patient and make as many healthy choices as you can each day.
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2022 Healthy Savannah Community Survey
Communication
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How is information best disseminated? This is one topic we also address on our community health survey. How do we best communicate to the community what we do, what resources are available, and promote healthy living? According to the communication responses, more than half of respondents prefer electronic methods of communication such as social media, e-mail, and this newsletter. While electronic methods are preferred, we have a wide age range audience, other communication outlets include bulletins, direct mail, and newspaper.
We encourage you to visit our Instagram, Facebook, and web page to become more informed of our work and stay motivated to live a healthier life!
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Looking for easy way to make healthier choices? Healthier and quick recipes? Check out our Facebook and/or Instagram to find more recipes such as these healthy easy to make pancakes!
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We celebrate with Enmarket one of their newest openings in Richmond Hill, GA located on the corner of Hwy 17 and Harris Trail. The new location offers Bean2Cup coffee, fresh ingredients in the Eatery, hot grab and go items, and Mooz frozen yogurt bar. If you find yourself in Richmond Hill go check it out! Congratulations Enmarket for this great opening!
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Public Health History Highlight
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Shirley Chisholm was born on November 30th, 1924 in Brooklyn to immigrant parents from British Guiana and Barbados. Shirley was an advocate for the rights of African Americans and for women’s rights. She became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress in November 1968. Shirley was a was a teacher, scholar, orator, intellectual and public servant. Chisholm was influential in creating and fighting for the expansion of food assistance in all states. The program we now call Special Supplement Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Today more than 12.5 million people receive WIC benefits each month throughout the United States. The program provides low-income women, infants, and children with foods that offer a great nutritional value to live a healthy life. Shirley passed away on January 1st, 2005 in Florida. The work that Shirley started and fought for continues today.
Shirley Chisholm
Who Was Shirley Chisholm
WIC Program
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Healthy Savannah Steering Committee Invites You
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This in-person Healthy Savannah Steering Committee will be on June 14th at 8:30am in the Vaden Automotive building on 12020 Abercorn Street Savannah. GA 31419
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If you would like to support the work we do with a financial contribution you can do so HERE |
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