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Course Description

Mood and Food: Strategies for Health in a Processed Food World | Understand healthy eating. Navigate todays processed food environment and recognize emotional and stress related eating patterns. Focus on mindfulness, self-regulation and practical strategies for weight management, physical activity and sleep to support lasting health. Note: Senior Cycle fee class. Students must be 55 or older by start date. Instructor is a licensed clinical professional counselor.

Learner Outcomes

Identify and evaluate components of a healthy diet and list two personal environmental influences that shape eating behaviors; Differentiate types of carbohydrates, emotional cravings, and stress‑related eating patterns, and analyze how at least three identified stressors impact individual food choices; Apply mindfulness and self‑regulation techniques, using at least three strategies to support personal health or weight goals, as shown through goal tracking and reflection; Create and evaluate a realistic, personalized plan for physical activity and sleep based on healthy lifestyle guidelines.
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Section Title
Omalley | Mood and Food: Strategies for Health in a Processed Food World
Type
In Person
Days
M
Time
11:00AM to 12:30PM
Dates
Oct 05, 2026 to Nov 23, 2026
Schedule
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Contact Hours
12.0
Location
  • Off Campus
Delivery Options
In-Person  
Course Costs
Open Enrollment non-credit $40.00 Click here to get more information
Senior (60+) non-credit $0.00 Click here to get more information
Registration Fee
Drop Request Deadline
Oct 04, 2026
Section Transfer Request Deadline
Oct 04, 2026
Instructors
  • Katherine Higdon

Section Notes

Omalley | Mood and Food: Strategies for Health in a Processed Food World | Understand healthy eating. Navigate todays processed food environment and recognize emotional and stress related eating patterns. Focus on mindfulness, self-regulation and practical strategies for weight management, physical activity and sleep to support lasting health.
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