Poor nutrition increases risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and more.
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Finding Control in Uncertain Times
To help you manage uncertain times, it is important to remember, “Uncertainty is a certain thing.” When you feel lost in uncertainty, use these tips.
How to Clean Your Cloth Face Mask
Cloth face coverings have become part of the wardrobe for many people venturing out in public. The CDC has provided a comprehensive set of guidelines for making, wearing, and caring for cloth face coverings.
Snack Time Can Be Healthy And Delicious
You don't need to feel guilty for snacking. Use snack time to add fruits, vegetables, and other fulfilling choices to your diet. Snack time can be healthy as well as delicious.
Experiencing Food Through Mindful Eating
Mindful eating is the practice of enjoying food with understanding and self-compassion, the experience of eating without judgment or guilt. Mindful eating helps us reconnect with our inner signals about hunger and fullness.
How to Stop Stress Eating
Trying to stop stress eating? Use these tips to help keep stress eating or emotional eating in check.
The Many Benefits of Gardening
Gardening provides many benefits from mood improvement to destressing to exercise. Planting and tending a garden can improve the way you look at things.
How to Reduce Your Child’s Stress
Similar to adults, children experience worries and feel stress. Here are some ways you can take steps to manage or prevent your child from feeling too stressed.
Good Sleep Supports Good Health
Good health begins with good sleep. Sleep, like nutrition and physical activity, is a critical determinant of health and well-being. Fatigue and sleepiness can reduce productivity and increase the chance for accidents.
Preventing and Treating Prediabetes
1 in 3 Kentucky adults has prediabetes, about 1.1 million individuals. More than 70% don't even know they have prediabetes. Learn more about preventing and treating prediabetes.
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