Healthy+Living

With dramatically rising rates of overweight and obesity, “healthy living” needs to become a way of life for more Canadians. Making healthy food choices, staying physically active and maintaining a healthy weight are essential to good health.

Definition of healthy living: Healthy living refers to the practices of population groups that are consistent with supporting, improving, maintaining and/or enhancing health. As it applies to individuals, healthy living is the practice of health enhancing behaviours, or put simply, living in healthy ways. It implies the physical, mental and spiritual capacity to make healthy choices.

Healthy eating and physical activity are ways to maintain a healthy weight and decrease the risk of chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

__8 Simple Ways to live healthy__
 * Eat a healthy breakfast
 * Drink at least eight glasses of water a day
 * Take a good quality multiple vitamin/mineral
 * Eat fruits and vegetables
 * Spend at least thirty minutes outdoors
 * Do something physically active
 * Keep regular sleep hours
 * Visit the doctor on a regular basis

[|Canada's Food Guide]