WVU School of Medicine promotes healthy eating in ‘Walk with a Future Doc’ series - WBOY.com

by: Makayla Schindler

Posted: Jan 21, 2023 / 07:00 PM EST

Updated: Jan 21, 2023 / 07:00 PM EST

STAR CITY, W.Va. – West Virginia University’s School of Medicine held its archetypal “Culinary Day” astatine the Edith B. Barill Riverfront Park successful its “Walk with a Future Doc” bid connected Jan. 21 opening astatine 10 a.m.

The lawsuit kicked disconnected with adjunct prof and certified culinary medicine specialist, Melody Phillips, discussing this week’s topic, “what makes steadfast foods healthy?” Going into the caller year, immoderate radical effort to marque steadfast eating arsenic portion of their resolution. Phillips went into item connected describing what these steadfast foods mean, and however effectual they are successful our mundane lifestyles.

After the discussion, everyone successful attendance divided up into 2 groups, each walking a antithetic absorption connected the trail. After astir 50 minutes of walking, everyone returned backmost to the vessel ramp gazebo wherever the aesculapian students had prepared immoderate steadfast snacks for everyone to enjoy.

Taylor Rice, a 2nd twelvemonth aesculapian pupil astatine WVU and subordinate of the enactment squad for the organization, made her precise ain favorite, muffins. She utilized wheat flour alternatively of white, oats alternatively of a batch of sugar, and immoderate unsweetened applesauce.

This lawsuit is held doubly a month, usually connected the archetypal and 3rd Saturday of each month. Rice mentioned that everyone is invited to articulation them locally oregon virtually. She added that radical from aggregate counties participate, and adjacent household members out-of-state log connected to enactment arsenic well. It is besides escaped and unfastened to anyone.

When it comes to the value of having this lawsuit for the community, Rice said, “as wellness attraction professionals we’re telling our patients, you know, ‘eat healthier, workout more,’ but we’re not needfully giving them the tools to bash that. So, events similar contiguous are days wherever assemblage members tin travel and inquire questions, beryllium look to look with physicians.” Rice added that these events are not lone ways for assemblage members to get their questions answered, but it is simply a mode of bringing the assemblage successful unneurotic to link successful their manner change.

If you are funny successful joining the adjacent walk, you tin find the “Walk with a Future Doc” enactment astatine the Edith B. Barrill Riverfront Park, down by the gazebo, connected Feb. 4 astatine 10 a.m. You tin enactment up to day with aboriginal locomotion topics and updates connected the organization’s Facebook page.