This week’s edition of National Nutrition Month is from Molly Ward, a Certified Diabetes Educator and Registered Dietitian at Whitney Young Health. Molly is putting the spotlight on sugar and the steps you can take to eliminate it from your diet.
The message around sugar is clear, consume less. What is not so clear…
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WYH Receives $25,000 from KeyBank
Yesterday, KeyBank President & CEO, Beth Mooney, announced that the company was giving $2 million in grants to local nonprofits, making it the single largest philanthropic efforts in the bank’s 192-year history in the Capital Region. Organizations such as, Albany Medical Center and Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region received $500,000 and $250,000 respectively. Whitney Young…
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KeyBank donates $2M to Capital Region non-profits
Easy Ways to Add Fruit and Vegetable to Your Meals
This week’s edition of National Nutrition Month is from Jennifer Bannigan, a Dietetic Intern at Whitney Young Health. Laura is putting the spotlight on how easy it is to incorporate fruits and vegetables into you and your family’s daily diet.
As a mother of three kids, I’m always looking for ways to save time…
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Join the Whitney Monthly Challenge
Do you want to know how you can make a difference at Whitney Young Health and in your community each and every month? The Whitney Monthly Challenge is an invitation to make a commitment of a monthly donation to support the mission of Whitney Young Health.
Your monthly gift of:
•$10 can help provide…
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N.Y. officials, health experts react to Republican Obamacare replacement
The Importance of Whole Grains
This week’s edition of National Nutrition Month is from Laura Speranzi, a WIC Nutritionist at Whitney Young Health. Laura is putting the spotlight on whole grains and how they are an important component to maintaining a healthy diet. (Grain bowls image credit: Vegan Liftz).
You keep hearing about eating more whole grains…so what is a…
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WYH Attends Community Health Center Advocacy Day
(Pictured left to right: David Shippee – WYH President & CEO, Sister Gail Waring – WYH Board Chair and Assemblyman John McDonald)
It was a pleasure to meet with Assemblyman John McDonald and other elected officials today in honor of Community Health Centers Advocacy Day.
Whitney Young Health is one of 65…
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The Earliest Start to Nutrition: Making Breastfeeding Successful
Did you know March is National Nutrition Month?
Nutrition Month is so important as it highlights making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits it affects everyone, no matter what their age and gender is. Throughout the month, Whitney Young Health providers who specialize in Nutrition will be discussing various aspects of…
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