Skill Building Using a Coaching Model and Advocacy for Healthy Eating and Active Living Ms. Yvonne D. Currently, Ms.
Greer, owner of Y-EAT Right…Nutritional Consultant for Healthy Living, conducts special workshops to promote healthy nutritional and living behaviors. She has been featured on talk radio, TV and print media including in the health promotion television documentary entitled…A Silent Threat – Heart Disease in African American Women (2003). As a “Power to End Stroke Ambassador,” Greer worked closely w
ith the American Heart Association Health Equity Council to promote awareness and skill building for heart disease and stroke prevention in at risk populations (2006-2012). She is very active in promoting diabetes awareness, prevention, and self management. She is an active member on the Wisconsin Diabetes Advisory Group of the Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (WDPCP) – a statewide coalition of stakeholders from all healthcare disciplines, consumers, vendors, service organizations, public health agencies, academia, and alike, to promote implementation of the “Wisconsin Essential Diabetes Mellitus Care Guidelines” throughout the State of Wisconsin (1998-present). Greer is a partner in three grant initiatives, the Milwaukee Childhood Obesity Prevention Program, a 4-year Robert Wood Johnson Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Initiative (2010-2014), the Milwaukee Mobile Market Nutrition Education Project (2011-2013), both of which are creating model policies and promoting environmental change to improve healthy eating and active living practices in at-risk communities; and the Growing Your Future Project (Youth Gardening and Future Empowerment Program, Summer/Fall 2012), a collaborative grant of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Childhood Obesity Prevention Program, and the Wisconsin Beverage Association.
I am so humbled by this honor!
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We are SO PROUD of Dr. Yvonne D. Greer, DrPH, RD, CD and her work in community! Congrats on the Excellence in Community and Public Health Practice Award 🎉
It’s not too late to join the conversation as we discuss ways we are promoting racial equity. Register now and join us at 10:00 am ( CT).
Join us today for Part 1 of our Health & Racial Equity Series!
https://www.wpha.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1740964
Featured Speakers: Carola Gaines Quartz Health Solutions, Inc. & Yvonne Greer Y-Eat Right, Nutritional Consultant for Healthy Living
While we encourage you to consider WPHA membership for 2023, these webinars are free and open to all.
Nutritious food for those in need is now just a phone call away. So proud to be a Friend of Friedens!
Did you know that we provide home delivery for our community members in need of food who are unable to leave their homes? This program provides 7 days of free, nutritious food essential to neighbors around the Milwaukee community who experience hunger. Not only will you be connecting them with nourishment, but you'll also be their connection to a wider community that cares. Email [email protected] to get signed up!
Congratulations to Black Women in the food business!
“ Elizabeth Abunaw, founder and CEO of Forty Acres Fresh Market, a Black-owned startup grocer recevies funding to increase fresh food access in Chicago. https://t.co/ur4qb8K7We”
Season two of Back to the Kitchen to start on February 16th, 2022 at 1:00 - 2:30pm Milwaukee County Organizations Promoting Prevention. Come join us.
***Days of Learning Podcast Series along with the “Back to the Kitchen: Healthy Cooking series” was featured at the APHA 2021 Annual Conference in Denver Colorado with a presentation by Yvonne Greer of Y-EAT Right and the MCOPP & Medical College of Wisconsin Team lead by Dr. David Nelson. It was a great honor to be selected to showcase your work to a national audience of your peers!
Feeding our kids healthy foods will not only promote optimal growth and development, but helps in building relational health that will last throughout the life course.
Way to Go Bucks! NBA CHAMPIONS!!!👏🏽🎉
I am pleased to announce that our Days of Learning Initiative that features my "Back to the Kitchen 6-Part Series" has been accepted for presentation at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference to be held October 24-27th, 2021 in Denver, Colorado.
Much Thanks to Dr. David Nelson, my Co-Host, our many invited Community Champions, my brother, Richard Allen, Sr (video editing/photographer), and our production team, Kelsey Heindel & Christina Antczak, for all of your support and efforts in making this a great project. Watch for our next series in Spring of 2022.❤🍎 https://www.facebook.com/watch/116895585076127/461171771763430/?__cft__[0]=AZUoNRPLHhc7rw2kjYajIp45lZ7N4vTnKGZrDoeO2cb4xYxCLRP_wYWLUInIZObvmexD-GuAhT5I6uK9K585pgj9tQ_BVu2UzEFpnBdK2clLWac9nNoDFDvteYhjl7zYsasyRJ4r6b3BE0WdYfJbh5etD9s6mos1d5ovg1oGxNloiw&__tn__=C%2CP-R
WOW!! Another amazing “Back to the Kitchen” session around dairy, calcium levels, and different food sources with true community champions: Frederick Coleman (Studio69 Yoga) & Angie Wilkes-Tate (Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. (MHSI) & WIC Mom Strong).
Key takeaways: 1) feed your mind, body, soul & bones; 2) nourish the body, food is meant to build you & sustain you; 3) plant the seeds in our youth & support people in their health journey.
If you missed it, please review the recording below. Afterwards, please take a minute to share your learnings with us: https://forms.gle/8Y4vZu4JvqERD8Lc7
Happy Registered Dietitian Day! 🍎
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