Health Bits

 

Wash Your Hands!


Keeping your hands clean is very important. Not only does handwashing lessen your chances of getting sick, it also prevents you from spreading harmful germs to others around you.

 

Healthy Exercise Routine


Healthy adults under the age of 65 should exercise approximately 150 minutes per week. This may also depend on the type of activity you choose. Use this guide to help you build a routine safely.

 

Healthy Weight

 

The importance of a healthy weight is better quality of life and feeling good about yourself inside and out.

 

Stress & Emotional Health

TOOLS

 

new Quick access Healthy AIM flyers: Stress, Sleep and Depression

 

new Watch a helpful online interactive tutorial to learn about the causes and symptoms of stress and ways to prevent or effectively manage the stress in your life

 

Understand stress and find stress management techniques


Learn to de-stress with yoga. Find a yoga alliance certified teacher near you, receive daily yoga tips from yoga journal, and learn how to build your own yoga routine.

 

Getting a good night’s sleep may help lower stress; learn how to improve your sleep by reading the Better Sleep Council’s Guide.


 

new If you chronically have difficulty sleeping, consider participating in web-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.

 

 

RESOURCES


Learn more about mental health issues from the National Institute of Mental Health.


Decrease stress and improve your longevity by reading UC Berkeley’s Foundations of Wellness Newsletter.

 

 


David Hunnicutt (PhD), a leading national wellness expert,
shares techniques for minimizing personal stress.


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