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Fitness & nutrition
resources

Fitness & nutrition resources

To help you keep well-being at the forefront and build healthy habits, we've assembled a collection of online resources on exercise, nutrition and diabetes prevention and management.

Fitness & exercise

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Increasing Your Level of Exercise Safely

Health Matters with Dr. Austin Stone - Increasing Your Level of Exercise Safely

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Blog Posts & Articles

Simple tips for getting active
Achieve your fitness goals in 2022 with these strategies
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Exercise for good health
7 tips to stay safe when exercising in the cold

Nutrition

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Ouita Michel's healthy lunch recipe

Kentucky chef Ouita Michel shares a healthy lunch recipe
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Mixed berry smoothie recipe

Mixed Berry Smoothie
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Pineapple mango smoothie recipe

Pineapple Mango Smoothie

View a library of step-by-step cooking videos from the Kenton County Cooperative Extension. 

Blog Posts & Articles

4 benefits of maintaining good nutrition
University Health Service nutrition care philosophy
Lower your cancer risk with easy diet changes
Confused about the nutrition label updates? Read this.
10 tried-and-true tips to help manage your weight in the new year

Tip Sheets

Power Your Body with Healthy Choices (PDF, 115KB)
Energiza tu Cuerpo con Opciones Saludables (PDF, 112KB)

 

Diabetes prevention & management

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What is diabetes?

What is diabetes?
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Nutrition for patients with diabetes

Basic nutrition for patients with diabetes
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Diabetes & healthy coping

Diabetes and healthy coping

UK HealthCast: Listen to a conversation with Tami Ross, RD, the coordinator of UK Healthcare's National Diabetes Prevention Program.

Visitors and providers use computers and converse with one another inside the Don and Cathy Jacobs Health Education Center.

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DON AND CATHY JACOBS HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER

Looking for health information you can trust? Let the staff at the Don and Cathy Jacobs Health Education Center help you find what you need.
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