VCAAA offers free nutrition counseling and Classes to Ventura County residents

The Ventura County Area Agency on Aging’s Senior Nutrition Program is offering free nutrition counseling and classes to Ventura County residents as part of an effort to promote healthy living among older adults.

Nutrition counseling services and classes include personalized one-on-one or group settings with a registered dietitian and a focus on healthy eating on a budget, understanding food labels, managing weight loss, controlling diabetes, controlling high blood pressure, lowering cholesterol, enhancing bone health, and variety of other individualized concerns.

Additional services offered through the VCAAA’s Senior Nutrition Program include congregate and home-delivered meal services, which provide older adults with access to nutritious meals and contribute to maintaining their health, safety, dignity and quality of life.

The services are free and open to the public. Participants must be 60 and older.

For more information visit www.vcaaa.org or call (805) 477-7339.