Mount Sinai to Host Recipe Contest for National Healthy Eating Day
In recognition of National Healthy Eating Day, Mount Sinai Heart and Food and Nutrition Services at The Mount Sinai Hospital are teaming up on Wednesday, November 4 to raise awareness of the importance of making daily heart-healthy food choices when cooking at home, eating-out, or at work.
More than 144 million adult Americans are overweight or obese, along with more than one-third of children and teens. The obesity epidemic is leading to a greater prevalence of heart disease — the number one killer of Americans. Contributing to this healthcare crisis may be the increased level of eating-out dining which has doubled over the last few decades causing more Americans to consume meals higher in portion size, fat, calories, and sodium.
"A heart-healthy diet is critical for all of us to practice both at home, and then at work where we spend a great deal of our time," says Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, SVP of Clinical Operations at Mount Sinai Heart. "Our goal at Mount Sinai is to raise awareness of the vital importance of a daily heart-healthy lifestyle and to offer the healthiest food choices to both our patients and employee. Your heart-healthy meal plate should aim to have 1-cup of vegetables, a half-cup of whole grains, 3 oz. of lean protein, and five-servings of fruits and vegetables per day."
Leading up to the awareness fair, Mount Sinai is encouraging employee engagement through a heart healthy recipe contest. The winning recipes will be featured through an interactive cooking demonstration with free heart-healthy food samples during the fair.
Heart-healthy recommended food choices include:
- Colorful fruits and vegetables
- Whole wheat bread (no white bread)
- Brown rice or brown rice blends (no white rice)
- Olive and canola oils (instead of butter)
- Lean-meats
- Fish
- Poultry (free of antibiotics)
- Cage-free eggs
- Low-fat dairy products
- Yogurt
- Nuts
- Cinnamon
- Pomegranate juice
- Strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries
- Beans
- Fresh herbs, garlic, and spices (limit salt)
What: “National Healthy Eating Day” Celebration
Free cooking demonstration
Free heart-healthy food samples
Free apples
Free heart-healthy recipe cards
Free educational brochures
When: Wednesday, November 4; 11:00am-2:00pm
Where: Atrium at The Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, nearly 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,300 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.
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