Nutrition, Exercise Classes Offered During Health & Wellness Week

Bruin Notes

For a second straight year, the university invited community members to campus to get fit and educated at its annual Health and Wellness Week in March.

Hosted by the school鈥檚 Doctor of Physical Therapy program, the event is designed to bring attention to the importance of health and wellness through nutrition, exercise, spine/back and behavioral health classes, as well as a pool party for children. This year more than 150 attended.

The impetus for the event is to bring attention to the health challenges common in Yamhill County. In 2016, for instance, more than 62 percent of the county鈥檚 adult population was considered 鈥渙verweight鈥� or 鈥渙bese,鈥� while heart disease was the second-leading cause of death, according to Yamhill County Health and Human Services.

鈥淢any of these challenges are preventable and can be reversed,鈥� says Tyler Cuddeford, director of the university鈥檚 physical therapy program. 鈥淭his is our way of making people aware of that and, hopefully, giving them practical ways to overcome these kinds of health challenges.鈥�