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• Active Anne Arundel
• Meeting Your Dietary Goals
  
• A Clinical Approach to Weight Management
  
• Set Up to Succeed: A More Effective Way to Quit Smoking
  
• It’s a Receptor Thing…Nicotine in a Nutshell
  
• The More Immediate Side of Smoking (VIDEO)
  
• Four Thousand Chemicals in Tobacco
(VIDEO)

In this edition of the AAMC Health Connection Podcast, AAMC health educator Ashley DeStefano discusses the launch of the innovative program Active Anne Arundel, the result of partnerships between AAMC, the City of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Anne Arundel Community College, and Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
DeStefano talks about how the program can help both parents and their children get active, and why the program should be important for anyone living, working, or going to school in Anne Arundel County.

Ann Caldwell, R.D., L.D.N.

AAMC nutrition services coordinator Ann Caldwell, R.D., L.D.N., discusses portion size, the truth behind counting calories, healthy food choices, and tips for meeting your New Year’s Resolution dietary goals. 

11 minutes 06 seconds

AAMC nutrition services coordinator Ann Caldwell, R.D., L.D.N., discusses how AAMC’s nutritional counseling program, and how a clinical approach to dieting and food management is often the most effective.  Caldwell also talks about childhood obesity, a “multifaceted epidemic” impacting the United States.

9 minutes 03 seconds

Joanne Ebner, R.N., nicotine dependence counselor

AAMC cancer prevention nurse Joann Ebner, R.N., discusses AAMC smoking cessation programs and how the most effective plans are those designed on an individual basis.  Combined with stress management techniques, Ebner will provide insight into strategies to help you stay tobacco-free in 2009.  In addition, AAMC’s 2007 decision to make its campus smoke-free is discussed. 

7 minutes 54 seconds

AAMC cancer prevention nurse Joann Ebner, R.N., provides a breakdown of nicotine’s effect on the body and how nicotine receptors make it hard for people to quit a tobacco product.  Additionally, she discusses pharmaceutical cessation aides and how nutritional planning can make it easier to quit.

11 minutes 55 seconds

Most conversations about smoking focus on the long term impacts of the habit.  And for good reason.  After all, the American Cancer Society estimates that 215,000 new cases of lung cancer will be discovered by physicians this year.

Butane, insecticide, arsenic, ammonia, animal droppings…
Those are just five of the more than 4,000 chemicals that can be found in tobacco products.
In this short edition of the AAMC Health Connection Videocast, smoking cessation nurse Joanne Ebner, R.N., provides an overview of some chemicals found in cigarettes, how they get there, and what their health impact can be.
This podcast might just be the inspiration you need to contact AAMC and register for our free tobacco cessation classes.