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Health education is accessible for all using live and recorded sessions

According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, more than half of Illinois adults have a known chronic health condition. People of all ages need reliable research-based information and strategies to make healthy decisions that improve their quality of life. Creative solutions are required to assure these supports are available when and where people need them.


One creative solution has been to offer live, online educational sessions for the public to join or watch recorded versions later at their convenience. Health at Home: Healthy Eats for a Healthy Beat was offered during February, American Heart Month. These four free 30-minute sessions explored essential nutrients for improving heart health, followed by a live food demonstration showing how to prepare a heart-healthy meal.


Topics addressed were sodium, fats, fiber, and sugar consumption. Local nutrition and wellness educator, Mary Liz Wright, presented the live cooking demonstration during the fiber session. She showed the public how to make black bean burgers and black bean blueberry smoothies.


Visit go.illinois.edu/FiberRecipes to print out these fiber-rich recipes.


Visit go.illinois.edu/FocusOnFiber to view the entire Focus On Fiber webinar and see the cooking demonstration.