March is National Nutrition Month
Proper nutrition is paramount for achieving optimal health, and March is National Nutrition Month.
The theme this year is “Bite into a Healthy Lifestyle,” emphasizing the importance of consuming fewer calories, making informed food choices and getting daily exercise to achieve and maintain a heathy weight, reduce the risk of chronic disease and promote overall health.
The key to eating fewer calories while maintaining good nutrition is eating meals and snacks that are nutrient-dense, providing vitamins, minerals, protein, carbohydrates and other essential nutrients that offer health benefits with relatively fewer calories.
San Juan Basin Health’s Women Infant and Children Program helps families develop healthier lifestyles. WIC provides nutrition education to pregnant moms, postpartum moms and children 5 and younger.
For more information about WIC, call 335-2018.
Blood Services announces drives
United Blood Services will offer these blood drives:
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 1 at Durango High School in the commons area, 2390 Main Ave.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 2 at First United Methodist Church, 515 N. Park, Cortez.
9 a.m. to noon April 7 at Pueblo Community College, Room 120, 33057 U.S. Highway 160, Mancos.
2:30 to 5 p.m. April 7 at Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave.
2:30 to 6:30 p.m. April 9 at the Cross Road Community Church, 1044 Park Ave., Pagosa Springs.
3 to 6:30 p.m. April 9 at the Pueblo Community College, 701 Camino del Rio.
9 a.m. to noon April 11 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2 Hilltop Circle.
1:30 to 6 p.m. April 13 at the Pine Valley Foursquare Church, 1328 County Road 501, Bayfield.
10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 14 in the Vallecito Room of Fort Lewis College.
4:30 to 8 p.m. April 16 at the Bayfield Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (in the gym), 1690 U.S. Highway 160B.
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 22 in the Mancos High School gym, 355 Grand Ave., Mancos.
8 to 11 a.m. April 28 at the First National Bank of Durango, 259 W. Ninth St.
12:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 28 in the boardroom of the La Plata Electric Association, 45 Stewart Drive.
4 to 7 p.m. April 29 in conference rooms A and B of Mercy Regional Medical Center, 1010 Three Springs Blvd.
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 30 in the music room of Pagosa Springs High School.
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 30 at Mercy Regional Medical Center, 1010 Three Springs Blvd.
To schedule an appointment, call (877) 827-4376 or visit www.BloodHero.com. For more information, call (888) 804-9913.
Herald Staff
