Mercy Health Program Addresses Portion Size

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saladplateLearn what constitutes a single serving and how to manage portion size during the next “Healthy Eating for You: Portion Control” presentation Feb. 5 at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. The presentation, provided by Mercy Health Youngstown, formerly Humility of Mary Health Partners, is free and open to the public.

How much is a serving?

Most Americans don’t know. That’s one of the factors contributing to the obesity epidemic in the United States.

Learn what constitutes a single serving and how to manage portion size during the next “Healthy Eating for You: Portion Control” presentation Feb. 5 at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, 8401 Market St., Boardman.

Registered dietician and community educator Bridget Lackey will lead the informational discussion and answer questions from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Willow Room.

The presentation, provided by Mercy Health Youngstown, formerly Humility of Mary Health Partners, is free and open to the public. Reservations are appreciated. Please call 330-480-3070.

About Mercy Health Youngstown

Mercy Health Youngstown, formerly Humility of Mary Health Partners, is an integrated health system in the Mahoning Valley, which encompasses the Youngstown/Warren metropolitan area – Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties in Ohio. It is part of Mercy Health, which is headquartered in Cincinnati and is the largest health system in Ohio and one of the largest Catholic health systems in the United States. Mercy Health Youngstown provides a full spectrum of health care services – acute inpatient and trauma, outpatient and ambulatory, rehabilitation, behavioral, emergency and urgent care, primary care physicians in patient-centered medical homes, specialist physician care, home health, home medical equipment, long-term care and hospice care, as well as Mercy Health Foundation. Learn more at http://www.mercy.com/Youngstown.