Know your numbers – Your wellness is worth it!
Knowing data about our own bodies and health – our own numbers – is a key factor in becoming and staying healthy.
Some numbers are obvious and we know well. Age? Check. Height? Check. Weight? Check. Other numbers are also very important. Do you know your blood pressure? Waist measurement? Cholesterol levels? How many stairs you can walk up before feeling out of breath?
Below is information you can determine yourself or ask your doctor about.
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What is Your Role as an Employer
You can help improve the health of your employees and create healthier communities by promoting physical activity in your workplace and surrounding community.
National Health Observances
National Health Observances (NHOs) are special days, weeks, or months dedicated to raising awareness about important health topics.
Healthy Weight, Nutrition, and Physical Activity
Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight includes healthy eating, physical activity, optimal sleep, and stress reduction.
Health Department Resources
Cholesterol
Certain health conditions, your lifestyle, and your family history can raise your risk for high cholesterol. These are called “risk factors.”
High cholesterol can run in families. If you have a family history of high cholesterol, you are more likely to have high cholesterol.
You can’t control some of these risk factors, such as your age or your family history. But you can take steps to lower your risk for high cholesterol by changing things you can control.
Blood Sugar (Diabetes)
Type 1 Diabetes: Known risk factors include
- Family history: Having a parent, brother, or sister with type 1 diabetes.
- Age: You can get type 1 diabetes at any age, but it usually develops in children, teens, or young adults.
Type 2 Diabetes: Known risk factors include
- Have prediabetes.
- Are overweight.
- Are 45 years or older.
- Have a parent, brother, or sister with type 2 diabetes.
- Are physically active less than 3 times a week.
- Have ever had gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) or given birth to a baby who weighed over 9 pounds.
- Are an African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian, or Alaska Native person. Some Pacific Islanders and Asian American people are also at higher risk.
High Blood Pressure
Risk factors that can increase your risk of high blood pressure include health conditions, your lifestyle, and your family history.
Some of the risk factors for high blood pressure cannot be controlled, such as your age or family history. But you can take steps to lower your risk by changing the factors you can control.
