Kimball Library News 3/26/18

Feeling tired? Open your eyes to the connection of nutrition and sleep!

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology Program, ‘Poor sleep health is a common problem with 25 percent of U.S. adults reporting insufficient sleep or rest at least 15 out of every 30 days’.   The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion states that the public health burden of chronic sleep loss and sleep disorders, coupled with low awareness of poor sleep health among the general population, necessitates a well-coordinated strategy to improve sleep-related health.

In addition to sleep, a healthy diet and physical activity can result in fewer chronic diseases.

As a part of lifelong learning focus on a healthy body and a healthy mind, please join us at Kimball Library for ‘Nutrition and Sleep: What is the Connection?’ on Monday, April 16, at 6:30 PM. Registration is required. You may call the library or register yourself online from the calendar on our website.

Registered Dietitian, Karen DiPietro will discuss: How nutrition can improve quality of sleep, which foods, nutrients and herbs can enhance sleep, which foods and beverages can be a detriment to sleep, what snacks can enhance sleep, and how lifestyle practices and bed-time routines can improve sleep.

Karen is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator at Ellen Byron and Associates in Haverhill, MA, where she provides individual nutrition counseling and diabetes education.  She facilitates after school nutrition and cooking programs for Kids Test Kitchen. Her career accomplishments include establishing a heart-healthy vegetarian pot-luck dinner group at a cardiac rehab program, and initiating comprehensive diabetes self-management education for home care patients. She also established a nationally accredited diabetes education program.   Karen is passionate about helping people eat healthier by tailoring eating strategies to individual preferences and lifestyle, leading to sustainable changes in eating behavior. She is the facilitator for Kimball Library’s monthly Healthy Cookbook Club.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Kimball Library.

APRIL STAYCATION (April 23-27): We have activities for a range of ages planned on Monday through Friday.  Details will be in next week’s article, but jump on the website now to register for any or all of the following: Mother Goose (infants to 2+), T/ween Stitch a Bit (ages 9-19), Press Here! (ages 2-6), Libraries Rock Cupcake Wars (grades 4-12), S.T.E.M. Toys (ages 3+), Snap Circuit Lab 101 (grades 2-5),  Ink Blot, Creative Dot! (grades K-5), and Silly Scavenger Hunt (all ages).  Visiting the calendar gives you all the particulars in advance as well as insures that your child or teen is guaranteed a space.  Friends from other towns are welcome if they register.  

MORE INFO: Go to www.kimballlibrary.com to register for events or use the data bases. You may also call us Monday-Friday from 10-8 and on Saturday from 10-3 at 603.362.5234 to register with a ‘human’.