LIVE WELL: Make healthy swaps to eat better and move more in 2018

Improve your health every day with small, simple changes from Shape Your Future and the TSET Healthy Living Program serving Payne County.

The new year often includes goals to eat healthier and get more exercise. To make sure that Oklahomans don’t drop the ball on their healthier lifestyle goals, Shape Your Future and the Payne County TSET Healthy Living Program (HLP) are working to encourage Oklahoma families to try swapping out a few poor food choices and activities for easy, healthy ones.

These healthy swaps consist of small, realistic changes that can be made to help Oklahomans eat better and move more. With better health, people can stay protected from lifestyle-related chronic diseases, like obesity and cardiovascular disease – two of Oklahoma’s top causes of preventable death.

Healthy food swaps include choosing whole grains, lean meats, and fruits and veggies over less nutritious food options. There are also several healthy cooking swaps, like using applesauce instead of vegetable oil. Being aware of some quick, low-cost choices can make being healthier even easier, now and all year long.

Oklahomans can also choose to swap sedentary activities with ones that include more physical movement. Shape Your Future and the Payne County TSET HLP encourage families to swap screen time for play time and to add physical activity to their morning routines by doing squats or calf raises while brushing their teeth. Adding just 30 daily minutes of physical activity for adults and 60 minutes for kids to the day, can get everyone on the path to a healthier lifestyle.

These small changes can lead to big results and improving your food and activity choices helps create healthy habits for the future.

So, this New Year, join Shape Your Future and the Payne County TSET HLP in exploring healthy food and activity swaps, and have a healthier, happier 2018. For a complete list of healthy lifestyle swaps, visit ShapeYourFutureOK.com. You can also find other tools and resources, and dozens of easy, low-cost recipes too.

Cheers to having a happy and healthy year!

Melinda Caldwell is a TSET Healthy Living Program Coordinator.

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