What You Can Do...

At Home

• Take a family walk each day.
• User fresh, canned or frozen produce.
• Take the TV out of the bedroom. Do not put a TV in your child's bedroom.
• Serve children water or low fat milk instead of soda or fruit juice.
• Teach your children that healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains are yummy and good for our bodies.
• Talk to your children about limiting unhealthy foods such as fast food and junk food.
• Focus on health, not on appearance, to avoid extreme dieting and obsession with body weight.

In your Neighborhood or Community

• Start a walking group.
• Ask for sidewalks near schools.
• Ask that school gyms and pools be available during evening and/or weekend hours for public use.
• Shop at a farmers' market and buy local at the grocery store.
• Encourage community groups to provide a healthy food option at events they sponsor.
• Join a community vegetable garden.

At Work

• Create a walking route and/or start a lunchtime walking group.
• Make healthy foods available at work events.
• Request healthy options for the vending machine.
• Set up a wellness committee.
• Create and honor system snack program with fruit, yogurt, string cheese, reduced fat milks, trail mix and nuts.

At School

• Request healthy foods at school and at after-school events and in vending machines.
• Start a Walking School Bus program
• Support physical education at all grades.
• Encourage schools to assure that every child has some physical activities every day in school.
• Ask for non-food fundraisers.

At Your Doctor's

• Ask about your Body Mass Index (BMI).
• If your BMI is high, as how you can lower it.

 

 

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