Join the Ohio State University Extenion’s Diabetes team for National Diabetes Month in November for a series of free webinars. Fridays, November 1, 8, 15, and 22 at Noon. Week 1: Take Charge of Diabetes during the holidays – view recording Week 2: Traveling with Diabetes over the holidays – view recording Week 3: Stress […]
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How Do You Define Family?
OSU Extension, Lucas County was fortunate to have the assistance of Michelle during her 2018 internship rotation. She supported the Extension staff with food systems work including mapping, summarizing data, teaching and planning for Dine In day 2018. Please enjoy her guest post this month. This October was life changing for me. With the passing […]
Dealing With Holiday Stress – Episode Three of The Healthy Living Resources Telecast
Healthy Living Resources is a new telecast presented by the Family and Consumer Sciences program specialists that will focus on health, wellness, and the impact that stress has on our lives. Whether it be financial struggle, or chronic disease management, stress can creep up as a result of many of the day to day events […]
Navigating the Sugar-Coated Holiday Road.
The holidays start with Trick-or-Trick, meander past Happy Thanksgiving, sugar-plum skip by Christmas and drop heavily with a Happy New Year feast. We send our children on a sixty day sugar high with family get togethers, school functions and community events. According to the National Confectioners’ Association, Americans eat nearly four billion dollars in candy […]
Lessen Your Stress This Holiday
As we begin December and the whirl of the holiday season, we may find that our schedules are full, our wallets are light, and our hearts are overflowing with joy. For some, however, holidays bring anxiety, stress and depression. For most of us, holidays are a mix of all these things. We are challenged by […]
Holiday Stress Relief
Do you find yourself feeling stressed by the chaos and busy-ness that typically comes with the month of December? You’re not alone. Working Americans are stressed out to begin with working long hours, fighting traffic, caring for aging parents or young children and paying the bills. Then add holidays on top of all that! Juggling […]