Healthy New Year | Features | CDC

Healthy New Year | Features | CDC

Make 2017 your healthiest year yet! Find ways to boost your health and well-being!

Tips for 2017

Learn how you can live a safer and healthier life:

• Protect yourself from injury or disease by wearing a helmet, sunscreen, or insect repellent when necessary.
• Make an appointment for a check-up, vaccination, or screening. Regular health exams and tests can help find problems before they start. They also can help find problems early, when your chances for treatment and cure are better.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water to prevent the spread of infection and illness.
• Learn health tips that take 5 minutes or less.

Healthy You

• Make healthy food choices. A healthy eating plan emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products, includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts and is low in saturated fats, transfats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars.
• Be active to improve overall health. Try simple things such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator. Consider mall walking if the weather is cold or icy. Be active for at least 2½ hours a week.
• Be smokefree. If you are ready to quit, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) or 1-855-DÉJELO-YA (1-855-335-3569 for Spanish speakers) for free resources, including free quit coaching, a free quit plan, free educational materials, and referrals to other resources where you live. Need inspiration? Check out these videos from the Tips From Former Smokers campaign.
• Get enough sleep. Insufficient sleep is associated with a number of chronic diseases and conditions—such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and depression.

Healthy Family

• Learn how to be healthy before, during, and after pregnancy.
• Reduce auto-related injuries by using seat belts, child safety seats, and booster seats that are appropriate for your child's age and weight.
• Learn positive parenting tips to keep teens safe on the road.
• Lower the risk of foodborne illness as you prepare meals for your family.
• Gather and share family health history.
• Get pets vaccinated and keep pets healthy. Take your pet to its veterinarian regularly and practice good hygiene around your pets so they don't unintentionally pass germs to you.