Eat smart – make healthy food choices, including
fruits and vegetables and whole grains
Live like your life depends on it !
The campaign urges people to make healthy lifestyle choices
to prevent and control chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.
Nearly seven out of 10 deaths in Missouri are caused by chronic diseases.
The "Live Like Your Life Depends On It" campaign is the Missouri
Health Department’s newest effort to encourage Missourians to make
choices that will help them stay healthy throughout their lives.
The "Live Like you Life Depends on it" campaign builds on the
Healthy Missourians Initiative launched two years ago by the Governor.
That initiative focuses on reducing and preventing obesity
in Missouri a major goal of the new campaign.
The New Campaign Urges Missourians to:
Move more – get more physical activity, at least 30 minutes on most days Maintain a healthy weight – keep weight at a healthy level by making smart food choices
and getting more physical activity
Be tobacco free – avoid tobacco and secondhand smoke
Get recommended health screenings – talk to a health care provider about tests for
high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, colorectal cancer as well
as breast and cervical cancer for women
Making healthier choices can help reduce the risk factors, such as high blood pressure,
high cholesterol and obesity that can lead to a number of chronic diseases
including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, asthma and arthritis.
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