Malnutrition, or more specifically undernutrition, is a serious condition that happens when your diet doesn’t contain enough nutrients. If you are 65 or older, consider doing a short nutrition screen here. Seeing how you are doing and making changes if needed can help your body work as well as possible to stay independent for longer.
The Marathon Family Health Team strongly encourages all eligible individuals in our communities to get vaccinated against COVID-19. We recognize that the vaccines are not perfect, but they are our best defense against COVID-19. A recent report from the Ontario Science Table reveals that unvaccinated people have a 7x higher risk of symptomatic COVID-19 disease,…
October 1, 2021 – The Marathon Family Health Team administered 30 first doses, 44 second doses and 4 third doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on September 29th for a total of 78 doses. Currently, a total of 3066 first doses and 2853 second doses have been administered in our catchment population. This means that…
October 1, 2021 – The placement on the Regional COVID-19 Vaccination Leaderboard has remained status quo, but the percentages of 1st and 2nd doses administered in each community continues to increase. In most communities, over 74% of the 12+ population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Thank you to everyone who has made the choice to…