Educational offerings

The Women’s Health Center also offers a range of health education and health promotion classes, such as the Choose-to-Lose Weight Loss Program offered quarterly by a registered dietitian; Look Good, Feel Better Program for cancer patients who need a physical and emotional lift by enhancing their appearance during chemotherapy and radiation treatments; prenatal classes; and other wellness programs such as smoking cessation, Tai Chi, and walking.

A list of seminars, and educational classes directed toward women is included below:

Family Life Education
Download brochure or for more information & registration call: 828-7929

• Healthy Beginnings [early pregnancy class offered 12 times a year]
• Childbirth Preparation [offered alternate months at Stony Point and downtown MCV Campus - 12 couples (24 individuals) per each 4-week class]
• Lamaze [offered 4 times a year from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on weekends – 12 couples (24 individuals)]
• Newborn Parenting [offered 4 times a year from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on weekends -16 individuals]
• Breastfeeding [offered 6 times a year - 8 individuals per class]
• Breastfeeding [offered 4 times a year from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on weekends - 16 individuals per class]
• Sibling [offered 4 times a year – 8 individuals]
• Car Seat Safety/Inspections [offered 6 times a year - 12 individuals]
• CPR [offered 6 times a year - 12 individuals per class]

Nutrition – Weight Loss – Walking 
For more information & registration call 327-8830

All programs subject to advance registration and a per-person fee per program

• 2008 Nutrition Classes - brochure
• Diabetic Dining Made Easy - brochure
  Call 560-8950 to register. Class repeats the first Wednesday morning of each month. 
• Choose to Lose® 8-Week Weight Loss Program (offered fall & winter) - brochure
• First Step Program (4-week walking program offered in mornings & evenings, fall & winter)
• Food & Fitness (2 hour programs offered in spring) 
• DASH Diet to lower blood pressure
• Cholesterol Lowering Class - brochure

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