Health & Wellness Unit – Programs
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
- Introduction to cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes as a cardiovascular risk factor
- Diagnosing and treatment of high blood pressure
- Diagnosing and treatment of elevated lipid levels
- Other aspects in reducing the cardiovascular risk
Knowing Diabetes
- Different types of Diabetes
- How Diabetes is diagnosed
- Groups at risk of developing Diabetes
- How to prevent Diabetes
- Treatment of Diabetes
Osteoporosis
- Role of calcium and vitamin D
- Diagnosing Osteopaenia and Osteoporosis
- Treatment of Osteoporosis
- Prevention of fractures
- Prevention of Osteoporosis
Women’s Health
- Menopause
- Menstrual irregularities
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Women’s sexual dysfunction
Cancer screening in women
Common diseases in the Thyroid gland
- How thyroid diseases affect day to day life
- Overactive thyroid
- Underactive thyroid
- Enlarged thyroid gland
Stress Management
- Stress: A definition
- Effects of stress and its coping strategies
- Present Moment Awareness (PMA)?
- PMA and stress reduction
- Coupling PMA with Cognitive Re-structuring (CI)
Work Place Harassment
- Types of harassment
- The bully, the bullied, and the bystander
- Taking a stand on harassment
- Company policy on work place harassment
- Case study discussion
Professionalism & Emotional Intelligence
- Facets of emotional intelligence
- Present Moment Awareness (PMA)
- The association between conduct, ethics and PMA
- Experiential exercises for developing PMA
- Coupling PMA with Cognitive Re-structuring (CI)
Skillful Parenting
- Disciplining children across a child’s life span: What to do and what not to do
- How to communicate effectively with children
- Physical punishment: Myths and facts
- Child abuse
- Parents as role models
Skillful Teaching
- Disciplining students across a child’s life span: What to do and what not to do
- Physical punishment: Myths and facts
- Hurting a child’s mind but not his/her body: How does this happen?
- Child abuse
- Teachers as role models
Healthy Eating
- Food as medicine
- Main dietary issues in Sri Lanka
- Possible solutions
- Plate model
Prevention of Obesity and Weight Reduction
- Prevalence of obesity and overweight
- Obesity as a disease
- Dietary methods for weight loss
- Weight maintenance
Diet for Heart Diseases
- Health burden
- Global evidence
- Local evidence
- Practical dietary tips
Diet for Diabetes
- Prevalence of diabetes
- Risk factors for diabetes
- Diabetic diet
- Common dietary controversies
Diet for Sports Personnel
- Basic dietary advise
- Weight loss and muscle gain
- Hydration
- Dietary supplements
Active Life (For beginners)
- What is exercise? And what is physical activity?
- Measurements and interpretation of : Weight, Height, Body mass index
- Exploding myths regarding exercise
- Tips to break barriers of adherence to exercise
- Planning an exercise program and rules to follow
- Easy exercise program
Building Fitness (For regular exercisers)
- Theory from “Active life” will be revisited
- Preparation to exercise
- Exercise program to build strength and endurance
- Tips to lose weight and gain weight
- Tips to avoid injury
- Customized program according to the participants
Good Posture
- What is good posture? And what are ergonomics?
- What are good biomechanics?
- Common postures
- Common problems due to inappropriate ergonomics and biomechanics
- How to arrange your home, office, and transport set up
- Easy exercises to avoid pains
Time to Relax
- What is mental stress? And what is physical stress?
- Their interrelationship.
- Quality of life and productivity
- Factors aggravating stress.
- Exercises to relax yourself
