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Healthy Eating

Nutrition isn’t one-size-fits-all, so the Dietary Guidelines offers a framework that people can use to find a dietary pattern that works for them. The guidelines provide an evidence-based approach to chronic disease prevention and include an adaptable frame work in which people can enjoy foods that meet their personal, cultural, and traditional preferences.

Active Living

Choosing activities that you enjoy – playing ball, riding bike, roller blading, dancing, swimming, gardening or walking will motivate you and family members to stay active for a lifetime. Building fitness activities into your daily routine is an important way to improve overall health and prevent obesity, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression and cancer.

Healthy Aging

Choosing activities that you enjoy – playing ball, riding bike, roller blading, dancing, swimming, gardening or walking will motivate you and family members to stay active for a lifetime. Building fitness activities into your daily routine is an important way to improve overall health and prevent obesity, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression and cancer.

Tobacco-Free Living

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Washington County and in the nation. Preventing its use and exposure by adults and children is the only way to decrease the effects of smoking.