Health Lifestyle Group

This program is offered at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital to people referred to the Out-patient dietitian who are 18 years of age or over and have at least one of the following conditions:

Pre-diabetes
Lipid abnormalities
Hypertension
Overweight / obese
Need for healthy lifestyle education

The goal is to help people manage various health conditions, support them with a plan to improve their health, and build their confidence to carry out this plan through learning about:

What it means to eat healthy
What a complete physical activity program looks like
Goal setting and action planning
Problem-solving
Other things that can be done to live well

The program begins with a 2 ½ hour group session, followed by monthly 1 hour group follow-up appointments

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Yarmouth Regional Hospital

60 Vancouver Street
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

* This is not a drop-in clinic, appointments are required.

You can call 902-742-3542 ext. 1246 to make an appointment or your health care provider can refer you.

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