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• Offer Stress Management Programs and mental health Initiatives

• Offer substance use and abuse Initiatives

• Offer tobacco cessation and control

• Offer nutrition counselling

• Offer weight control Initiatives and counselling

• Offer encourage use of food logs

• Offer posting BMI charts

• Offer juice dispensing machines

• Offer water coolers

• Offer snack machines with low-calorie snack choices

• Offer snack machines with fruit, vegetable and calcium choices

• Posting nutritional information on snack machines

• Offer color-coded cafeteria choices

• Encourage breakfast – suggest choices to start the day

• healthy packed lunch ideas for adults and kids

• partnering with local restaurants for healthy lunch choices

• healthy recipes on-line

• healthy or low-cost cooking Initiatives

• healthy shopping instruction

• naturopaths, homeopaths, herbal remedies and vitamins

• Offer information sessions on fad diets

• Offer disease prevention information

• STD’s

• active living and fitness Initiatives such as a aerobics, walking or cycling clubs

• Offer self-defense training

• Offer relaxation training

• chiropractors

• relaxation and energy specialists

• Offer stretching classes such as yoga, tai chi

• Offer active living challenges

• walking challenges with pedometers

• stair climbing challenge

• sleep and sleep disorders e.g. snoring

• napping information and sleep rooms

• alertness and driving sessions

• encouraging light breaks

• create a wellness Yellow Pages

• information sessions on

• insect bites,

• memory enhancement,

• motion sickness,

• nose bleeds,

• healthy skin,

• frost bite,

• gingivitis and mouth care,

• hair loss,

• ear infections,

• fever,

• psoriasis,

• TMJ,

• varicose veins,

• shingles,

• defensive driving,

• sun safety,

• avoiding home and vehicle theft,

• food safety

• handwashing

**Healthy Living Initiatives should assist in the development of self-efficacy which means that the individual has a senses that they can influence the course of events in their normal daily life, that they can deal with their normal consequences, that they feel confident and sure of themselves.

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