Five Strategies for Busy Families to stay Healthy

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Five Strategies for busy families …………

……to stay healthy

Why Encourage Health?

Live longer and feel better

Avoid disease and lower medical costs

For you and your family

Look and feel better

Strategy # 1Make the healthy choice the easy

choice

Strategy # 2PORTION CONTROL

WHAT YOU SHOULD DRINKMORE or LESS

Strategy # 3….in this case two is better than one! Shop, cook, eat, play, be active TOGETHER!

..unless it is a smart phone / tablet then

Forsyth Park Farmers Market

Strategy # 4 >> 30 is better than two

Thirty minutes of activity every day!

Strategy # 5>> set the example

HOW to set yourself up for success

– Follow this family recipe EAT FOOD – MOSTLY PLANTS NOT SO MUCH (RULE # 1)30 MINUTES OF ACTIVITY DAILYKEEP A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND LAUGHTER IN YOUR HEART

– RULE # 64 – Break the rules once in a while!

Paula Kreisslerpaula@healthysavannah.org

Thanks for your time!

ACTION ITEMS • Write down two things on a piece of paper

1. Of what you read today – take just one thing and just do it – for the next month

2. What ‘green space’ is a 10 – 15 minute walk/bike ride near your home or work? Walk or bike to it within the next week!

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Five Strategies for Busy Families to stay Healthy

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