"The first wealth is health."
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

What can you do to maintain a healthy weight for life?

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Adults

Health Tip: Choose Meats Wisely

Love to eat meat? As with any food group, there are good choices and bad. The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers these suggestions on which meats to choose, and how:

• Select low-fat meats and chicken.
• Avoid eating high-fat ground beef or chicken with the skin.
• Include fish in your diet, especially those high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, trout and herring.
• Avoid organ meats such as liver, which are high in cholesterol.
• Avoid processed meats such as hot dogs, ham, sausage and lunch meats, which can be very high in sodium and other additives.

Physical Activity Tip of the Month

Wondering how you can get 150 minutes each week of two types of physical activity, aerobic and muscle strengthening to improve your health? Adopt this motto: 10 minutes at a time is fine! Not only is it best to spread your activity out during the week, but you can break it up into smaller chunks of time during the day, as long as you’re doing your activity at a moderate or vigorous level at least 10 minutes at a time.

• New physical activity guidelines!
  

Small Steps Change of the Month

Fat sensible tip for choosing fast food: instead of a jumbo cheeseburger, choose grilled chicken sandwiches, sliced meat sandwiches or even a regular hamburger on a bun with lettuce, tomato and onion.

It doesn't take major changes to have positive health results. It isn't easy but you can do it! These tools can help you.

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