Be Healthy: Celebrating Health Center Week in the Bronx

Last week, nearly 200 people gathered at Tremont Park in the Bronx to participate in a health fair sponsored by the Community Heath Network (CHN). The event was in conjunction with a nation-wide effort to celebrate National Health Center Week.

Be Healthy: We Want to Answer Your Back to School Health Questions (By Talking to Experts)

Summer is winding down and it’s time to start thinking about back-to-school. It’s a busy time for students and parents, who have coordinate after-school plans and help with homework. A new school year also means doctors’ visits, vaccines, health insurance paperwork and other medical concerns. This is why the Norwood News is sitting down next week with Dr. David Listman, Director of Pediatrics at St. Barnabas Hospital as well as doctors from Montefiore Medical Center. Send us your questions.

Bronx Notes: Walking Group Tuesdays and Thursdays

Join the new Bronx walking group Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10:45 at JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center, 177 Dreiser Loop. For more information, call (718)549-4700.

Be Healthy: USDA Leader Promotes Fresh Food Access in the Bronx

Audrey Rowe, national Administrator of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), visited the Poe Park Greenmarket on Tuesday to view firsthand the types of projects that bring affordable fresh produce to the Bronx.

Bronx Notes: Twitter Chat on Weight-Loss Surgery at 2 p.m.

Montefiore Medical Center (@MontefioreNews) and the Weight Loss Surgery Channel (@wlschannel) will be co-hosting a twitter chat on Bariatric Surgery. The chat will cover a range of topics including who is a candidate for bariatric surgery, the varying types of bariatric surgeries, and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

In the Bronx, City Officials Introduce Two Health Initiatives

City officials hosted a press conference this week at a Bronx supermarket to introduce two health initiatives that they said would help New Yorkers shop, eat and be more healthy.

Be Healthy: Exercise Tips for Aging ‘Weekend Warriors’

Here are some exercise tips from Seth Meisel, a physical therapist who oversees patients enrolled in the Orthopedic Intensive Home Rehabilitation Program from The Visiting Nurse Service of New York, on how so-called weekend warriors can stay active well into retirement and beyond.

Bronx Notes: Water-on-the-Go App

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Health launched the 2012 Water-on-the-Go season, an initiative that will make NYC water at portable drinking fountains, which would be an alternative to bottled water and sugar-sweetened beverages, easily available at more than 20 alternating outdoor locations throughout the five boroughs this summer. The DEP has also developed a free iPhone/iPad mobile app available for download at the iTunes store, to help New Yorkers access the daily Water-on-the-Go schedule. For more information, call 3-1-1 or Chris Gilbride at (718) 595-6600.

Bronx Notes: Free Health Training for Teens

The Youth Advisory Board of the Bronx District Public Health Office, 1826 Arthur Ave., is offering free public health training for teens on Fridays in July and August from noon to 4 p.m., including sexual health, physical activity, and nutrition. For more information, contact Candida A. Bido at cbido@health.nyc.gov or call (718) 299-7376.