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-Diets too high in calores
-too high in fats
-Added sugars
-Not enough fiber
-purpose of fiber?
-not enough complex carbs, veggies, and fruit
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Be Physically Active
Behaviors That Contribute to Wellness
What is it? Plan to help America get back on track and to get them on the road to optimal wellness
-Reduce proportion of adults who engage in NO leisure-time activity
Current: 36.2 Goal: 32.6
Increase proportion of adults who are at healthy weight
Current: 30.8 Goal: 33.9
Reduce tobaco use (cigarettes)
Current: 20.6 Goal: 12
Increase proportion of adults with mental health disorders who receive treatment
Current: 58.7 Goal: 64.6
Reduce proportion of adults with hypertension
Current: 29.9 Goal: 26.9
Increase proportion of adults who get sufficient sleep
Current: 69.6 Goal: 70.9
Reduce proportion of adults who drank excessively in previous 30 days
Current: 28.1 Goal: 25.3
* These are percentages of adult Americans
Source: US Dept of Health and Human Services 2011 Healthy People 2010
Manage stress effectively
-How do you manage your stress?
-chocolate? eating? drinking? smoking? exercising?
-Can lead to poor immune system and increased susceptibility to disease
-hand washing
-covering coughs
-keeping clean house/pollutants
-protecting against STI's
-tobacco associated with 8 of the 10 top causes of death
-personal tobacco and second-hand smoke kill 440,000 americans each year
-21% of adults smoke
-lung cancer most common cause of death among men and women
-Cost associated with health care and smoking exceed 193 billion
short-term dieting is NOT a part of wellness or fitness.
CDC estimates that obesity kills about 112,000 Americans each year