Healthy Living

The Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness, through its Healthier Tennessee initiative, today announced the launch of Small Starts @ Worship, an online wellness toolkit for faith communities. It is available at no cost to congregations across the state at www.healthierTN.com. Small Starts @ Worship provides faith leaders with tips, ideas and actions to help members get healthier together. It ...

UT Extension of Sevier County recently graduated 14 individuals in its Cooking Matters Course. This six-week program was developed through a Share Our Strength grant, which was piloted in Sevier County. Participants learned and displayed skills in food preparation, healthy meal planning and food budgeting/shopping. They also competed in a $10 grocery store challenge at Food City, as well as ...

A new non-surgical weight loss procedure offers hope for mild to moderately obese people unsuccessful at losing weight through diet and exercise alone, who either may not want, cannot afford or do not qualify for bariatric surgery. The ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on July 28, 2015, uses two attached balloons filled ...

The Tennessee Department of Health is issuing a public health advisory urging residents to increase their awareness about Hepatitis C, a life-threatening disease spread by direct contact with blood from an infected person. The rate of acute Hepatitis C cases in Tennessee has more than tripled in the last seven years, and the steadily increasing number of cases may only ...

Check your spice rack for certain Kroger spices that are being recalled because they may contain Salmonella. The Kroger Co. is recalling Kroger Ground Cinnamon, Kroger Garlic Powder, Kroger Coarse Ground Black Pepper and Kroger Bac’n Buds. Consumers should not consume these Kroger spices. They may return the products to Kroger stores for a full refund or replacement. The U.S. ...

Running a flat course in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in the dark of night pushed the Pigeon Forge Midnight 8K to national recognition in “The Runner’s Bucket List: 200 Races To Run Before You Die.” Author Denise Malan, an avid runner from Kansas City, Mo., highlights a wide variety of races – some serious, some quirky – ...

Although the majority of Tennesseans are served by public water supplies, there are still more than 500,000 residents that rely on private drinking wells. While most private wells provide clean drinking water, they can become contaminated and cause countless health problems. Currently, federal and state laws do not require that water from private wells be tested, said UT Extension’s Lori ...

Living Well with Chronic Conditions is a 6-week workshop series designed to help community members manage their long-term health issues effectively. Chronic conditions of those attending may include asthma, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, chronic pain, sleep apnea, or fibromyalgia among others. If you or anyone you care for has a chronic disease, consider attending this series which is designed to ...

State and local officials were on hand this week to celebrate the completion of a building that will soon house Sevier County’s new recycling hub. The facility was made possible through a $300,000 Recycling Hub and Spoke Grant from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, which are awarded for the development and expansion of regional facilities to collect, transport ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont are hosting an event on Friday, July 17, 2015 in Cades Cove to mark the return of a 14 year-old Smokies monarch butterfly tag recovered on a forest floor in Mexico. Park and Tremont staff will be joined by Outdoor Educator, Wanda DeWaard, to receive the tag from ...