January HCA Partner Focus:
Tips for Portion Control
Cut Portions, Cut Calories
February HCA Partner Focus:
Less Sugar, More Sweet
Sweet Tips for a Healthy Valentine's
March HCA Partner Focus:
Eat Intentionally
Start your spring season by cleaning out unhealthy snacks
April HCA Partner Focus: Tobacco Cessation
Quench the Urge to Smoke - Drink Water!
April’s Focus is Tobacco Cessation:
During the month of April, local businesses and organizations are focusing on ending smoking addiction. The messages focus on attainable, simple tips to quit smoking.
The central idea for April is to Quench the Urge. The strategy is to drink water instead of lighting up a cigarette.
Other tips to try include setting a quit date to prepare to quit smoking, eating right to replenish your body with healthy nutrients, and removing cigarettes from your car, home and work. These tips are intended to be simple and easily implemented to achieve lasting results.
Both Delaware and Blackford counties have high rates of smoking. In Delaware county, 20 percent of adults over the age of 18 smoke. In Blackford county, 17 percent of adults over the age of 18 smoke.
The Healthy Community Alliance provides addition resources for those interested in quitting smoking on their website (www.healthycommunityalliance.org). Individuals can also obtain help through Quit Now Indiana (1-800-QUIT-NOW).
May HCA Partner Focus: Be More Active
Get active for just 20 minutes per day - try these tips!
During the month of May, local businesses and organizations are focusing on getting active for
just 20 minutes per day. The messages focus on attainable, simple tips for getting active.
The central idea for May is the Choose20 Challenge. The strategy is to get outside and play for
20 minutes per day. May is also National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
doing yard work, and stretching while watching TV. These tips are intended to be simple and
easily implemented to achieve lasting results.
percent of adults over the age of 20 are obese. In Blackford County, 36% percent of adults over
the age of 20 are obese.
June HCA Partner Focus: Be More Active
Sit less and move more - try these tips!
During the month of June, local businesses and organizations are focusing on sitting less and
moving more. The messages focus on attainable, simple tips to reduce a sedentary lifestyle.
your daily life that get you out of your seat.
coffee or tea break, and do some leisurely walking with colleagues after you eat lunch together.
Citizens in both Delaware and Blackford counties could move more.
July HCA Partner Focus: Live More, and Explore!
Sit less and move more - try these tips!
During the month of July, local businesses and organizations are focusing on attainable, simple
tips for exploring Delaware and Blackford counties.
The central idea for July is to Live More, Explore. The strategy is to provide locations where
people can get outdoors, be active and explore our communities.
Places to explore include the Cardinal Greenway and Blackford High School Trail, the Muncie
Reservoir for water activities, and the Wilderness Park and Bark Park. These tips are intended to
be simple and easily implemented to achieve lasting results.
Both Delaware and Blackford counties have high access to exercise opportunities. In Delaware
County, 76.8% of residents live reasonably close to a park or recreational facility. In Blackford
County, 56.1% of residents live reasonably close to a park or recreational facility.