Nutrition Month: Eat Healthy, For Life.

March is Nutrition Month, Eat Healthy, For Life. Below are resources, classes and lectures you can attend during the month of March and learn more about healthy eating and lifestyle.

• Ask the Dietitian
• Portion Display
• Improving South Asian Health: Heart Disease and Diabetes Prevention
• Functional Foods: Nutritional Approaches to Disease Prevention
• Parenting Strategies 101: Preventing Eating Disorders and Promoting Body Acceptance
• Adult Weight Management
• HMR® Weight Management Program
• LifeSteps® Weight Management Program
• Nutrition Services
• Supermarket Wise
• The Solution FOR Weight
• Additional Nutrition-Related Resources

Ask the Dietitian

A registered dietitian will be available to answer questions. Pick up free handouts, a portion guide bookmark, and view special displays and other nutrition resources.

Dublin Center
4050 Dublin Boulevard, Lobby
Dublin, CA 94568-3112
Phone: 510-498-2184
Google Map to Dublin Center

Wednesday, March 17, 11 – 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Friday, March 19, 10:30 – 12 p.m. and 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Fremont Center
3200 Kearney Street, Community Health Resource Center
Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: 510-498-2184
Google Map to Fremont Center

Monday, March 8, 2:30 - 4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 17, 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 24, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Monday, March 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Mountain View Center, 650-934-7373
701 East El Camino Real
Third Floor, Community Health Resource Center
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: 650-934-7177
Google Map to Mountain View Center

Thursday, March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Palo Alto Center, 650-614-3200
Community Health Resource Center
795 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650-853-2961
Google Map to Palo Alto Center

Thursday, March 4 and 18, 1:30 – 3 p.m.
Tuesday, March 9, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 23, 2:30 – 4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 31, 10:15 – 11:30 a.m.

Santa Cruz Main Clinic
2025 Soquel Avenue
Second Floor Conference Room
Phone: 831-479-6628
Google Map to Santa Cruz

Monday, March 22, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Portion Display

Stop by and visit this helpful display, located in the SMSC hallway during the month of March.

Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center
2900 Chanticleer Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Main phone: 831-477-2325
Google Map to Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center

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Improving South Asian Health: Heart Disease and Diabetes Prevention

Improving South Asian Health: Heart Disease and Diabetes Prevention covers how to identify your South Asian adjusted risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, lifestyle changes to live longer, and tips for nutrition and healthy eating.

Mountain View Center
701 East El Camino Real
Third Floor, Conference Rooms C & D
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: 650-934-7373
Google Map to Mountain View Center

Thursday, March 11, 7 – 8 p.m.

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Functional Foods: Nutritional Approaches to Disease Prevention

Functional Foods: Nutritional Approaches to Disease Prevention

From antioxidants to probiotics, new nutritional health claims are regularly making headlines. Come and hear our Registered Dietitian outline the major functional foods and the health issues they can influence.

Fremont Center
3200 Kearney Street, Building 2, First Floor
Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: 510-498-2891
Google Map to Fremont Center

March 17, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

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Parenting Strategies 101: Preventing Eating Disorders and Promoting Body Acceptance

This lecture helps parents learn strategies to promote positive body acceptance and help prevent eating disorders in their children. Pre-registration required.

Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center
2900 Chanticleer Ave, Sutter Room
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Main phone: 831-479-6628
Google Map to Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center

Wednesday, March 3, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

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Adult Weight Management

Adult Weight ManagementIn this small educational support group, learn the facts about fad diets, discuss non-diet approaches to weight loss and talk about how to make healthy, satisfying food choices.

Palo Alto Center
795 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650-853-2961
Google Map to Palo Alto Center

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HMR® Weight Management Program

HMR® Weight Management Program

This is a research-based, medically-supervised weight management program designed for those, ages 16 and up, who would like to lose between 10 and 200 or more pounds.

HMR Center (Mountain View)
700 East El Camino Real, Suite 100
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: 650-404-8260

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LifeSteps® Weight Management Program

Lifesteps® Weight Management Program is a comprehensive program that stresses the importance of healthy food choices, physical activity and behavior modification techniques for weight management.

Fremont Center
3200 Kearney Street
Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: 510-498-2184
Google Map to Fremont Center

Tuesdays (weekly), 6 – 7:15 p.m.

Mountain View Center
701 E. El Camino Real
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: 650-934-7373
Google Map to Mountain View Center

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Nutrition Services

PAMF's Nutrition and Diabetes Education Departments have registered dietitians who offer one-on-one counseling and education for weight management, nutrition-related medical diagnoses and other nutrition needs.

Bay Avenue Office (Capitola)
815 Bay Avenue, Suite B
Capitola, CA 95010
Main phone: 831-460-7333
Google Map to Bay Avenue Office in Capitola

Dublin Center
4050 Dublin Boulevard
Dublin, CA 94568-3112
Phone: 510-498-2184
Google Map to Dublin Center

Fremont Center
3200 Kearney Street
Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: 510-498-2184
Google Map to Fremont Center

Mountain View Center
701 E. El Camino Real
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: 650-934-7177
Google Map to Moutain View Center

Palo Alto Center
795 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650-853-2961
Google Map to Palo Alto Center

Redwood City Center
805 Veterans Boulevard
Redwood City, CA 94063
Phone: 650-853-2961
Google Map to Redwood City Center

Watsonville Office
550 S. Green Valley Road
Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone: 831-458-7333
Google Map to Watsonville Office

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Supermarket Wise

This two-hour walk through Nob Hill Foods will enlighten and inspire you with tips for reading food labels, understanding how stores are laid out and shopping strategies. Pre-registration required, fee charged.

Nob Hill Grocery
1250 Grant Road
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: 650-934-7373

Thursday, March 4, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

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The Solution FOR Weight

In The Solution FOR Weight eight-week course, learn to use the skills and lifestyle changes of "the Solution 5-Point System," a program developed at the University of California, San Francisco.

Santa Cruz Main Clinic
2025 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Phone: 831-479-6628
Google Map to Santa Cruz Main Clinic

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Additional Nutrition-Related Resources

Nutrition Department
Education Department
Community Health Resource Centers
PAMF Healthy Schools Nutrition Program
Nutrition for South Asians
Nutrition for Children
Nutrition for Preteens
Nutrition for Teens
MyLifeStages
American Dietetic Association
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