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Activity…Activity…

Hey you! Reduce Your Risk!According to the Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention…

You can reduce your risk of chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and

stroke just by making healthy nutrition choices and staying physically

ACTIVE!

Oh Yeah…Prove It!

Overweight and obesity, influenced by physical inactivity and poor diet, are significantly associated with an increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, arthritis, and poor health status.

Physical inactivity increases the risk of dying prematurely, dying of heart disease, and developing diabetes, colon cancer, and high blood pressure. CDC, 2008

Or, how about this… Healthy eating is associated with reduced risk

for many diseases, including the three leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, and stroke. USDHHS, 2001

More of the Facts… More than 90 million Americans live with chronic

illnesses.  Chronic diseases account for 70% of all deaths

in the United States.  Poor diet and physical inactivity lead to 300,000

deaths each year—second only to tobacco use.CDC

Want more? People who are overweight or obese increase their risk

for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis-related disabilities, and some cancers.

Not getting an adequate amount of exercise is associated with needing more medication, visiting a physician more often, and being hospitalized more.

The direct medical costs associated with physical inactivity was nearly $76 billion in 2000 .

CDC

Across the country…(CDC, 2008)

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance (2005)

CDC

And yet, there’s more… No more than 25% of

total calories consumed should come from added sugars such as those found in candy, soft drinks, fruit drinks, and pastries.

People who eat lots of whole grains have less heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

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Are you kidding me?

“The function of protecting and developing health must

rank even above that of restoring it when it is

impaired.”

-Hippocrates

Some Wise words to follow…