Building A Healthier Breathitt Co. One Step At A Time »
By: James Elliott Turner, Breathitt Co. Health Department WATER Human survival is dependent on water. The average adult body is 55 to 75 percent water. Because our bodies are mostly water, water figures heavily in how our bodies function. Aside from helping digestion and absorption of food, water regulates body temperature, carries nutrients and oxygen [...]
Building A Healthier Breathitt Co. One Step At A Time »
Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School How germs are spread: The main way that illness like colds and flu are spread is from person to person in respiratory droplets of coughs and sneezes. This is called “droplet spread”. This can happen when droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person move through [...]
Four Breakfast Items You Should Avoid »
Building A Healthier Breathitt Co. One Step At A Time By: James Elliott Turner II Four Breakfast Items You Should Avoid Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Not only does break give you the fuel to break the fast you have undergone during a good night’s sleep. Breakfast also helps you concentrate [...]
Building A Healthier Breathitt Co. One Step At A Time – Blood Pressure »
By: James Elliott Turner II High blood pressure is an easy disease to overlook. There are often no visible signs or physical symptoms. Because of this, it is important to have your blood pressure checked. Regular visits to your health care provider, local health department and even some local pharmacies will allow you to keep [...]
Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School »
Building a Healthier Breathitt Co. One Step At A Time By: James Elliott Turner II, Breathitt Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School How germs are spread: The main way that illness like colds and flu are spread is from person to person in respiratory droplets of coughs and sneezes. This is called “droplet spread”. [...]
WOMEN’S HEALTH AND SMOKING »
Building A Healthier Breathitt Co.One Step At A Time By: James Elliott Turner II, Breathitt Co. Health Department WOMEN’S HEALTH AND SMOKING In the United States, more than 20 million adult women and more than 1.5 million girls currently smoke cigarettes, putting them at risk for heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer, emphysema and other life-threatening [...]
ALCOHOL FACT SHEET »
Breathitt County Health Department James Elliott Turner, Health Educator ALCOHOL FACT SHEET The younger you are when you start drinking, the more likely you are to have a problem with alcohol. College students spend more on alcohol than on textbooks. One 12 ounce beer = 5 ounce glass of wine = 1 ½ shots of [...]
Healthy Gardening »
Building A Healthier Breathitt Co. One Step At A Time By: James Elliott Turner II, Breathitt Co. Health Department Healthy Gardening According to the National Gardening Association, two out of three American households take part in some gardening activity each year. Chores vary regionally but include: raking leaves, transplanting trees and shrubs, planting spring-flowering bulbs [...]
Exercises For Back Pain »
Building A Healthier Breathitt Co. One Step At A Time By: James Elliott Turner II, Breathitt County Health Department Exercises For Back Pain If you live a somewhat active lifestyle, you’re a candidate for back pain. Back muscles can become tensed or strained from sudden twisting or overloading during activity, or they may [...]
Frequently Asked Questions About Physical Activity And Obesity »
Building A Healthier Breathitt Co. One Step At A Time By: James Elliott Turner II, Breathitt Co. Health Department Frequently Asked Questions About Physical Activity And Obesity How can I encourage my child to be more physically active? *Encourage active, spur of the moment physical activity and play. *Enroll your child in planned [...]
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