The Agency for Research and Health Care Quality is focused on Prevention of Chronic Disease. From their webpage come these facts:
"More than a quarter of all Americans—and two out of three older Americans—are estimated to have at least two chronic physical or behavioral health problems. Treatment for people living with these multiple chronic conditions (MCC) currently accounts for an estimated 66 percent of the Nation's health care costs. As the U.S. population ages, the number of patients with MCC continues to grow. This mounting challenge has become a major public health issue that is linked to sub-optimal health outcomes and rising health care costs."
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Examples of chronic conditions: arthritis, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, kidney disease, obesity, depression, anxiety, addictive dependencies.
Smoking seems to shrink parts of your brain that help you think and remember things. It also raises your risk of dementia, possibly because it’s bad for your blood vessels. And it definitely raises your risk of stroke, which can damage the brain and cause vascular dementia.
So, What Does It Really Mean to be Healthy? Open the document below for an overview.
What_It_Really_Means to be Healthy (PDF)
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These worksheets (below) will aid you in developing your healthy nutrition plan.
Determining Overweight and Obesity
National Diabetes Prevention Program - where you can find:
PreventT2 Curriculum and Handouts
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7 Ways Animal Protein is Damaging Your Health
Meat Substitues for Protein from WebMD
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Approach a beneficial lifestyle change with CALM:
Celebrate God’s goodness: “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” Phil. 4:4
Ask God for help: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6
Leave your concerns with God: “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7
Meditate on good things: Philippians 4:8