Understanding Obesity
Promote good nutrition and health by:
Promote good nutrition and health by:
- Eating fresh fruits and vegetables daily- replace your kitchen “junk foods” with a fresh fruit/vegetable bowl
- Having clearly set mealtimes and avoid snacks
- Choosing the salad bar when you eat out
- Eating smaller portions, chewing slowly, and being mindful of what you are eating
- Joining a gym and/or establishing a pattern of exercise
- Playing recreational sports
- Biking to work, around your neighbrhood, or along city bike paths
- Taking a brisk walk daily, for 30 minutes
- Swimming- It is low impact, tones the whole body, and burns calories
- Deciding, as a family, to do these things together
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