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SEEK OUT SOURCES OF MIND AND BODY WELLNESS FOR THE MARYLAND FAMILY AT EVERY STAGE. FROM RELATIONSHIP REPAIR, TO HEALTHY SNACKING, TO KEEPING PHYSICALLY FIT, HELP IS AS CLOSE AS CAMPUS.
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The Center for Healthy Families
Health Tip:
Improve your interpersonal relationships.
The marriage and family therapy clinic offers help for families at every stage—from pre-marital counseling to parent education. The highly ranked clinical program provides therapy for 500 families from surrounding communities annually; clients make up a diverse population of residents of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Costs for a 45-minute session are based on a sliding scale.
Where to find:
Services are supervised by senior clinical faculty in the Department of Family Science.
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Campus Recreation Services
Health Tip:
Keep moving.
With an alumni association membership and a paid membership to CRS, adult members take advantage of non-credit instructional programs that make exercise fun: dance and aerobic classes include hip-hop, belly dance and aqua aerobics. Young families bond in parent-and-tot classes such as learn-to-swim, yoga mommy-n-me and tumble tots. Older children learn to handle a racket in tennis for kids. Spring session is in full swing.
Where to find:
Membership provides entry to facilities at Eppley Recreation Center, Ritchie Coliseum
and the Health and Human Performance Building.
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Eat Smart, Be Fit, Maryland” Web site
Health Tip:
Shop smart; eat and live healthy.
Created for a School of Public Health project, this site helps users make smart food choices and encourages physical activity, with the aim of preventing disease. A national award winner for Internet education technology, the site is available for all users: Receive a personalized e-newsletter; ask a question of the “coaches,” actually professors in the School of Public Health; learn how to involve kids in meal preparation at the site’s “Cooking Class;” link to sales
flyers from local food stores for grocery deals; record your exercise in the activity log.
Where to find:
This one-stop shop for healthy food and activity ideas is located online.
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Gymkana Gymnastics Classes
Health Tip:
Flip for a kids’ program that promotes exercise and a positive message.
An outreach program of the School of Public Health, Gymkana Saturday classes and summer camp extend the philosophy of the Maryland Gymkana Troupe by providing an opportunity for boys and girls of all ages to learn gymnastics in a non-competitive environment that stresses healthy, drug-free living. Paid sessions are packed with gymnastics in a state-of-the-art gym; students learn to soar above the influence of drugs.
Where to find:
The gymnastics gym is located in the Health and Human Performance Building.
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