WCO Blog

Preparing, cooking and storing food can all influence the safety of the food we eat.  Food safety is necessary to avoid illness and harm.  Anyone can get sick from spoiled food, but it is also very preventable by taking necessary food safety steps.  Here are a few considerations to ensuring your food safety when preparing, […]

The month of September is recognized nationally as cholesterol education month.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines cholesterol as something that is fat-like that is found naturally in our bodies.  High cholesterol can affect children, adolescents, young adults and older adults.  Cholesterol is a health condition that can be monitored and controlled through […]

In the United States today, people are living longer than they were 100 years ago. However, adults are facing chronic health conditions now more than ever before.  According to the National Institute on Aging, close to 61 percent of adults ages 65 and up deal with multiple chronic health conditions.  So, although we are living […]

Many health conditions can be battled alongside the connections we have with one another.  In our healthcare system today, we currently work together on disease prevention, discovering new treatments, providing health care and so much more.  However, for many individual people, dealing with certain health conditions and symptoms alone can be challenging.  Despite having natural […]

The month of August is a great time to schedule your eye exam if you have not had one this year.  Either before school starts, or at the beginning of the schoolyear, an eye exam allows you to have a successful year.  However, regular eye exams at all ages are recommended to monitor your vision […]

Stress management is a large part of taking care of yourself.  We all encounter stressors in our lives and for some, we can experience them daily.  The important part about battling the stress is learning to deal with it properly.  Without healthy stress management tools, bad habits can be formed that aren’t helpful in coping […]

In honor of national wellness month, we are taking a look at how important it is that we care for ourselves.  Self-care involves your physical, emotional, spiritual and mental health.  Self-care is taking deliberate time for yourself to relax, recharge, unwind and have some fun.  Self-care is important because it is how we recharge ourselves […]

It can be challenging for many of us to set aside our school or work and solely focus on the other areas of our lives.  We leave class or work and that difficult part of the day pops in our mind, or maybe it is something you made a mistake on, or maybe it is […]

Whether you are preparing for back to school or perhaps you have a presentation at work or some challenge you are facing, being mentally prepared is a key to success.  Any type of change or big event can be impacted by our mental preparedness.  Mental preparedness is being ready for a situation in your mind […]

Whether you are starting school again or have children starting school, or maybe both, now is the time to start preparing.  This year it can be challenging to know how best to prepare, as school may look different than in previous years.  Maybe you are starting online school for the first time or have a […]

In celebration of immunization awareness month for August, here is a look at what immunizations are, why they are given and their importance. What are immunizations?  Immunization is a process that protects one’s body, or immune system against harmful elements that could enter.  Mostly these include diseases that we could come in contact with.  Immunizations […]

If you are working on your positivity, speaking words of affirmation to yourself is a great tool.  Speaking positive words to yourself or reading them off on a consistent basis is a great way to promote and increase your positive thoughts.  The more you surround yourself with positivity, it is easier to join to it.  […]