FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 18, 2017
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(973) 972-8761
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INVITATION
TO COVER
University
Hospital and Whole Foods Market Newark
to
host Free Workshop “Let’s Talk Food,
Newark!”
to
highlight the four pillars to healthy eating
WHEN:
Thursday, January 19, 2017
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
WHERE:
Rutgers Cancer Institute of
New Jersey at University Hospital
205 South Orange Avenue
– Level B
Newark, NJ
WHAT:
In anticipation of its
grand opening, Whole Foods Market Newark is collaborating with University
Hospital in Newark to host a lecture entitled “Let’s Talk Food, Newark!” on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at the
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey at University Hospital, 205 South Orange
Avenue in Newark from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM. The event is free and open to the
public.
The keynote presenter is
Dr. Akua Woolbright, Community Health and Wellness Educator for the Whole
Cities Foundation, an independent non-profit foundation launched by Whole Foods
Market. Dr. Woolbright, who is an expert in teaching
people how to use plant-based foods to help prevent and reverse disease, will
focus her lecture on the Four Pillars to Healthy Eating, which entails
identifying the types of foods that will aid in better food choices, and a
healthier lifestyle for the community at-large.
According to the American
Diabetes Association, healthy eating is one of the most important strategies
that can be used to lower risk for Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Further,
the Association notes that maintaining a healthy weight prevents illnesses such
high cholesterol and hypertension. Factors
such as age, race, gender and family history may also impact ones risk for
these and other related diseases.
Woolbright, who helped create Health Starts Here -- the healthy eating
program of Whole Foods Market conducts healthy eating classes for corporate
executives, team members, customers and community organizations. She received her
doctorate in nutritional science from Howard University and worked as a public
health nutritionist in the areas of breastfeeding promotion, cancer prevention
and survival, HIV/AIDS treatment, weight loss, asthma and international
childhood malnutrition.
Akua Woolbright,
PhD
Community
Health and Wellness Educator, Whole Cities Foundation
University Hospital is one of the nation’s leading academic medical
centers, and is the Level 1 Trauma Center for Northern New Jersey. Located at
University Heights in Newark, New Jersey, University Hospital is a principal
teaching hospital of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and a regional
resource for advanced services across many medical specialties. For more
information about University Hospital, please visit www.uhnj.org.
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