Northern Westchester Hospital opens Center for Healthy Living

Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) has opened its Center for Healthy Living (CHL) next to Whole Foods Market at 480 Bedford Road in Chappaqua at the Chappaqua Crossing property. The new community resource for health and wellness, offers a variety of ongoing programs and monthly health care themes, and kicks off its educational program for diet season in January with Nourished for Life, a 12-week weight management and wellness class.

“The Center for Healthy Living’s mission is to be a trusted resource for the community,” says Maria Hale, PsyD, associate executive director at NWH. “It will support the health and wellness goals of every member of the community by providing education classes, health resources, diverse programming and referrals from an expert health care navigator.”

In addition to health care navigation and referrals, the CHL will offer a wide variety of community health education programs including: screenings (free blood pressure, vascular, cholesterol and osteoporosis screenings); lectures and events; nutritional counseling, weight management, and a teaching kitchen; integrative medicine; health and wellness consultations; and support groups; mother-baby programs include breastfeeding classes and support groups; classes for new moms; and pre-/post-natal yoga. A lab draw station is also onsite (prescription required).

Nourished for Life, the CHL’s first onsite program, is designed for people who wish to lose weight and/or adopt a healthy lifestyle. Led by a registered dietitian and a multidisciplinary team of clinical experts from NWH, the class will cover nutrition 101; meal planning and cooking skills; healthy snacking; hydration; mind/body food connection; managing stress; optimizing sleep, exercise and physical activity; and strategies for making healthy choices while dining out or vacationing. Each 60-minute class includes a lifestyle education topic and a Q&A with a weight loss expert, as well as a hands-on activity, such as a cooking demo in the CHL’s teaching kitchen or a grocery store tour at Whole Foods Market. This is a fee-based program.

In February, CHL will observe Heart Month with Valentine’s Day cooking demos, a seminar on Inflammation and Your Heart, and a panel Getting to the Root of Heart Disease. Other upcoming programs include Mindful Eating; a sheet-pan dinner cooking demo; How to Feed Your Baby; Nutrition for Brain Health; the ABCs of Food Allergies; youth vaping cessation and a mental health lecture series.

CHL Program development will be led by Lauren Selsky, MS, OTR/L, healthcare navigator and Amy Rosenfeld, MS RD CDN, registered dietitian.

For more information, contact 914-666-1955. To sign up for any of the upcoming programs, visit www.NWHCenterforHealthyLiving.Eventbrite.com