Respiratory conditions 1. Get your yearly flu vaccine! Stay up to date with COVID-19 booster shots. 2. Wash your hands often. Do this for 15 to 20 seconds each time. Keep them away from your mouth, nose, and eyes. Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer when you can’t wash hands. 3. When you can’t use soap […]
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Heart & Circulation Problems 1. No ifs ands or butts about it − quit using tobacco. 2. Do not allow tobacco use in your home. Avoid secondhand smoke. 3. Get your blood pressure checked at every office visit, at least every two years, or as often as advised. Ask if you should have it checked
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Respiratory conditions Booster shots are recommended for everyone who has received a COVID-19 vaccine, if they are 12 years and older. All three of the COVID-19 (COVID) vaccines approved for use in the U.S. prevent COVID and reduce risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death. However, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna (m-RNA vaccines), are preferred for better
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 3 Below are ideas for basic meals and snacks. Use these ideas to start building your meal plan. Meal Idea: Pasta or Rice Dinner Choose ingredients from the chart below. This recipe makes four servings. Directions: 1. Cook pasta or rice according to package directions and drain. 2. Cook protein choice as
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 3 This online guide uses the terms breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. * Breakfast: The first time you eat upon waking * Lunch: 3-4 hours later * Dinner: 4-5 hours later * Snacks: Small meals between breakfast, lunch, and dinner. These are optional, but snacks may help you manage hunger. Your work
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Healthylife® Weigh Menus & Recipes Fats and oils are concentrated sources of energy (calories). That’s why it is important to choose small servings of fats with the most nutritional benefit. CHOOSEmostly plant-based fats, such as seeds, nuts, seed and nut butters, canola oil, olive oil, and avocado. These foods contain more healthy, unsaturated fats. LIMITanimal
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 4 Once foods are right in front of you, it is harder to make a choice based on what your body needs. Instead, you are likely to choose foods based on these factors: * If you can see it * Color * How fresh you think it is * What you think
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 6 Recover from Overeating 1. Be kind to yourself. Practice self-care right away, both in what you say to yourself and what you do. Say something kind to yourself now. Write it down here: 2. Drink water and get enough sleep. This supports your kidneys and liver, two organs in your body
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 5 Body Ownership, Healthy Body Image * My body is beautiful to me. * My feelings about my body are not influenced by society’s concept of an ideal body shape. * I know that the significant others in my life will always find me attractive. * I nourish my body so it
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 2 Calories are units of energy that fuel your body for daily functions like breathing, eating, and thinking. Calories are also burned during physical activity. The more active you are, the more energy your body needs. Use the chart below to find your estimated daily energy needs. Calories needed vary by sex,
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