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Nutrition
Strategies
Good nutrition and physical activity are two
of the keys to good health. There are several nutrition strategies to
reduce the risk of chronic disease and to maintaining a healthy weight.
It’s more than just will power---your community, your school, your
worksite all must support good nutrition and physical activity by:
- Improving access to healthy foods
- Making it easier to eat healthy foods
- Providing opportunities to participate in healthy activities
- Providing sound and accurate messages in campaigns and
communications to different groups of people.
The Upper Missouri District Health Unit
strives to work at all of these levels to:
- Increase consumption of fruits and vegetables
- Increase physical activity
- Increase breastfeeding
- Reducing the consumption of high energy dense foods
- Decreasing the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
- Decreasing television viewing
Healthy food choices for meetings/worksites:
Link to "Healthy Food Choices for Meetings"
Healthy food choices: Food Guide Pyramid: Link
to
www.mypyramid.gov
Fruits and Veggies: More Matters: Link to
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/
Did you know: Over 64% of North Dakotans are
overweight or obese?
Over 78% of North Dakotans consume less than
five servings of fruits & vegetables?
Over 47% of North Dakotans are not
participating in moderate physical activity?
Our nutrition strategies strive to help North
Dakotans become healthier by making healthy food choices and increasing
their physical activity.
Healthy Food
Choices for Meetings
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