Friday, March 1, 2013

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month


As we say goodbye to February and anticipate the first signs of spring, here at CDHPE Employee Wellness we continue our quarterly focus Physical Activity & Heart Health.  This month we will present wellness awards for the quarterly wellness challenge, select our Annual Wellness Award winner, and recognize employees that have been nominated by their colleagues as Wellness Heroes! Also, on March 13th at noon, we will also have our next Wellness Brown Bag with the American Heart Association's partner and local celebrity, Jamie Atlas.





As with many preventable diseases and conditions, the prevention strategies that work for Heart Health also help prevent other diseases.



Today, you may see some of your colleagues dressed in  blue to raise awareness about colorectal cancer. 




Continue to support colorectal cancer awareness and participate in your own prevention plan by signing up for the Undy 5000 a 5K family friendly run/walk at City Park in Denver on June 22nd.



Cancer Causes and Control 2000 

Current Nutrition Reports 2012

Annual Revue of Public Health 2012

In the Know

Mark Bittman, from the New York Times, has an Opinionator post "It's the Sugar, Folks" about Robert Lustig's research on the relationship between sugar consumption and diabetes prevalence.  

Here is a link to original research article by Basu, Yoffe, Hills & Lustig in the journal PLOS One: The Relationship of Sugar to Population-Level Diabetes Prevalence: An Econometric Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data

How have you started to limit added sugar in your diet?
Please send Dan McKenna your comments about what works for you at home, at work, and when dining out. 



Wellness Classes

Sleeping Well
Tuesday March 5th, 12:00 to 1:00, C1C

Breathe Smile Breathe: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
Thursday, March 7th, 3:00-3:30, C1C




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