Food Connection

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What you need to know

This Health Action Plan makes you more aware of the reason why you make certain food choices and how the pattern of these choices can affect your overall health. Participating in the Food Connection plan will help you learn how to be a more mindful eater. 

How the Plan Works

This is a 12-week program that helps you be more mindful about the food choices you are making. 

After completing a questionnaire and three Food Connection classes (either in person or via Skype), a health coach will meet with you to review your assessment and answer any questions you may have.

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Employee spouses are not eligible to participate in this Health Action Plan. But, those enrolled in Sandia medical coverage can complete certain activities for up to $50 each year. Go to Join a Health Action Plan to learn more.

Your Checklist

Your first step is to schedule a Food Connection appointment with an Employee Health Services health coach and complete a pre-assessment questionnaire. 

Attend three Food Connection classes. You can attend these in person or via Skype.

If you are unable to attend the classes, schedule one-on-one sessions with your health coach.

After you complete the Food Connection class series, schedule a final appointment with your health coach. 

You will receive a post-assessment in your email in the 11th week of the program. Bring your completed post-assessment to your final appointment.

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Resources and Supporting Activities

  • Energy Hubs – Our Energy Hub locations are spaces for mindfulness, meditation, stretching, and movement that can help you recharge, restore, and renew your mind and body for increased productivity, health, and safety.
  • Local CSA deliveries to Sandia
    • NM – MoGro, delivery to NM Thunderbird weekly
    • CA – GGO, delivery to Bldg. 925 weekly (use code “Sandia” to get 10% off delivery and 50%-off first box)
  • Monthly nutrition chat  – Request a consultation with an onsite dietitian. 
  • Meal Planning Workshop

  • Whil
  • Virgin Pulse – Track your activity and healthy habits
  • MyFitnessPal – Track your food
  • Mindful Mondays
  • A Breath Away from Catastrophe: Creating a Mindful Work Environments (Article)
  • 3 Tips for Practicing Mindfulness in a Multitasking Workplace (Article)
  • All About You: Multitasking and Mindfulness (Article)
  • Am I Hungry? (tool)
  • Hunger Scale (tool)
  • Phytonutrient Spectrum Checklist (tool)

  • Best Kept Secret in Medicine (video)
  • Mindful Eating (video)
  • Want to Eat Better? What’s the Plan? (video)
  • Food Relations (video)
  • Food as Medicine (video)
  • Introduction to Mindfulness (video)
  • Mindful Holiday Eating (video)
  • Food Connection Lessons from the Blue Zones (video)
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Earn Virgin Pulse points

  • Receive 500 Virgin Pulse points for attending events by video or Skype
  • Receive 1,000 Virgin Pulse points for attending an appointment or live class

Contact Employee Health Services

Preventive Health Services (New Mexico)

505-284-4700, Option 1 (phone lines open at 7 a.m.)
MO307 (behind Buildings 831 and 832)
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT, Monday through Friday

Preventive Health Services (California)

925-294-2484
Building 925 and MO32/Life Design Center
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT, Monday through Friday

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Ready to take action?

Health Action Plan enrollments will reopen in January 2022.

If you’d like to take immediate action to improve your health, visit eatwell.sandia.gov for resources. You can also schedule a one-on-one nutrition appointment with a health coach by calling 505-284-4700.

Quick Tip

Each week you will receive an email with tips and bonus activities related to this Health Action Plan. Get the most out of your program by reviewing your tips and trying out the suggested activities.