Healthy Heart, Healthy Family: A Community Health Worker's Manual for the Filipino Community

Session 6 Handout Pledge for Life!

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Take the pledge for life with Lola Idad. Try to do at least one of these activities by yourself or share them with others.

• Know your BMI number.
• Know your waist measurement.
• Know the appropriate serving sizes for food and drinks.
• Shop for low-fat, low-calorie foods and drinks using the Nutrition Facts label.
• Choose a variety of fruits (fresh, frozen, or canned in fruit juice) and unsalted nuts for healthy snacks.
• Exchange heart healthy recipes with your friends and family.
• Avoid taking second helpings of food.
• When eating out, go to buffets less often. When getting carryout food, make healthy choices and select smaller serving sizes.
• Support your friends and family in their efforts to maintain a healthy weight.
• Other (fill in your own)

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Information on this page is taken from the English print version of “Healthy Heart, Healthy Family: A Community Health Worker's Manual.” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH Publication No. 08-3674, Originally Printed 1999, Revised May 2008.

Last Updated March 2012