Small changes.Big impact.
Achieving a healthier lifestyle can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be! Small changes to your daily habits can go a long way toward improving your well-being and helping you avoid chronic illness.
It’s about making trade-ups, not trade-offs!
Improving your health isn’t about depriving yourself. It’s about making little adjustments to your nutrition and physical activity that can help prevent obesity.
Why prevent obesity?
It’s not just about how you feel. Obesity is known to contribute to heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses. But even a 5% reduction in body weight can lower that risk.* This site offers diet and exercise tips to help.
Consult your health care provider before beginning a weight-loss regimen.
*National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Challenge yourself to make healthy swaps
Try swapping soda for seltzer.
How to get started to live well
Exercise
Any physical activity is good physical activity. Even a little a day goes a long way.
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Make healthy living your daily destination.
Our Healthy Lifestyle Map will show you where you can find fresh produce at local farmers’ markets. It also includes local fitness centers and parks.
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