Nutrition and Health Webinars and Workshops
Cornell Health & Nutrition offers healthy eating workshops and webinars on a wide range of topics. Please see below for a full listing.
All of our healthy eating workshops and webinars are presented by Natalie Cornell, certified nutrition counselor and owner of Cornell Health & Nutrition. She focuses on the real-life questions and issues her clients face every day, using humor, plain language and concrete examples to give participants information they can understand and start using right away.
Each of our presentations can be customized, expanded or combined to address the needs of your particular group, sports team, or corporate wellness program. If you’re interested in a nutrition and health webinar or workshop for your group, please contact Natalie Cornell to discuss a customized program.
Healthy Eating Workshop and Webinar Topics
Food Explained
Primary Food
- It’s not about the broccoli.
- The Circle of Life
- What nurtures you?
Beat the Sugar Blues: Reducing the Sugar in Your Food
- Understanding where sugars come from
- Hidden sugars and their names
- Reading nutritional labels
- Alternative snacks and drinks
Carbs: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- Are there good carbs?
- All carbs are NOT created equal.
- What to make sure is in your diet and what to eliminate
Fats: Too Much or Not Enough?
- What’s a trans fat anyway?
- Low fat or high fat?
- Are there “good” fats?
Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink
- Tap, filtered, reverse osmosis, distilled … what’s a person to drink?
- What about all those bottles?
- How much is enough?
Healthy Eating in Real Life
Healthy Eating Tips for Everyone
- Portion sizes: what’s a serving?
- The nutrition pyramid demystified
- 8 tips for healthier living
Stress Reduction: Hold That Next Cup of Coffee?
- Cravings that signal stress
- Identifying other stress signals
- Yeah, so? Short of quitting my job, what can I do?
Eating Healthy on the Go: Is it Possible?
- Snacks
- Restaurant strategies
- Planning
Tips for Eating Healthy When You “Don’t Have Time”
- Five strategies
- Basic ingredients to have on hand
- Recipes
Food and Daily Health
Women’s Health: How Can Food Help?
- PMS
- Menopause
- Fatigue
- Put yourself on the list
Food Cravings: What They Tell You About Your Health
- Do you like your fats with salt or sugar?
- I’ll take “emotional eating” for $200, Alex.
- The 3 o’clock binge
What’s Keeping You Up at Night: Insomnia Causes and Solutions
- Caffeine and other stimulants
- Fire foods
- Calming your spirit
Eating for More Energy
- Foods that decrease energy
- Foods that increase energy
- Primary food
Anti-inflammatory Diet: Fight Asthma, Arthritis and Other Diseases
- Inflammation: it’s not just your sore knees
- Causes of inflammatory response
- Can diet help?
Vitamins and Other Supplements: Do You Really Need Them?
- The three most important ones everyone should take
- How do I know which vitamins are safe?
Seasonal Advice
Holiday Season: Tips for Keeping Off Extra Pounds
- The food, the drinks: how to chose
- Strategies to keep from over-eating
- Minimizing holiday stress
Spring Cleaning: Cleansing and Detoxing
- What am I cleansing anyway?
- Sense and sensibility
- “It seems so extreme!”
Eating With the Seasons
- What’s in season when?
- How to get enough vegetables in January
- Tasteless tomatoes
Shopping
Grocery Stores
- 10 strategies for shopping healthy
- Where to look for the healthiest options
- Which aisles to avoid
Kids & Food
- Marketing food to kids: Kellogg’s agrees to reduction
- Ignore the packaging – read the label
- Hidden sugars and other stimulants
Six Foods That Give the Biggest Nutritional Bang for the Buck
- The list
- Shopping for them
- Recipes for preparing them
Are Organic Foods Really Worth it?
- What does “organic” mean, really?
- Cost differentials
- CSA’s
Cooking
Cooking 101: I Can Barely Operate the Microwave
- Isn’t cooking well hard?
- Some basic terms
- “If you can read, you can cook.”
Meals for Working Parents: Healthy Options in 20 Minutes
- Overall strategies for creating healthy meals
- Recipes
- Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts