HEAL-SLO is pleased to announce the 2010 Healthy Eating Active Living Summit—Healing our Community: Turning the Tide of Obesity. The summit will address the obesity epidemic and provide strategies for building a healthy community. Join us on October 22, 2010 to learn how we can work together to create and support healthy lifestyle choices in our community and beyond. The summit is free of charge and space is limited, so please register early. Please click on this link to register online.
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Healthy Lifestyle Suggestions:

Slow down on fast foods. Choose meals with 500 calories or less. Eat out less often. Look for the caloric values of your favorite foods at this website – http://www.calorieking.com!

Cut back on screen time. Limit time spent watching TV, playing video games and recreational computer use to less than two hours daily or 10 hours per week.

Fill up on fiber. Eating more fiber may help lower calorie intake and promotes good intestinal health. Aim for 25 –…

The community-wide goal of HEALSLO is that all children in SLO County will be healthier through healthful eating and regular physical activity.

To accomplish this goal there are many things we can do. First we need to remember that simple life changes can make a difference.  or instance, you can change your level of physical activity by taking a family walk in the evening after dinner, walking your child to school or a nearby park rather than driving her, spending time playing catch or Frisbee…

• What percent of kids ride their bikes to school now?

  Less than 1 percent

• What percent of kids rode their bikes in the 1970s?

  Over 60 percent   (Surface Transportation Policy Project, Caught in the Crosswalk)

• How long does it take to walk ¼ mile or bike 1 mile?

  10 minutes (Pedestrian Federation of America)

• What percent of morning traffic is parents driving their children to school?

  20-25% (Department of Environment and Transport Regions, London, England; Marin CMA)

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