Healthy Holidays Resources
Make sure this holiday season is a happy, healthy one for you and your community with these public health resources.
The Shape Your Future New Year’s 2016 Toolkit and Press Release: It’s New Year’s resolution time! As part of its New Year’s and “Goal-Getters” campaign, Shape Your Future, a TSET/OSDH initiative, has put together a toolkit with talking points, healthy tips and recipes, social media posts and a sample press release. Use and share these materials to show your organization or coalition’s support of the Goal-Getters campaign and lead your community toward a healthier 2016.
New Year’s is Quit Season / Have a Smoke-Free Holiday: The holiday season is a great time to encourage folks to quit smoking and begin taking steps to becoming smoke-free for the new year! CDC’s resources are updated each year for those making New Year’s resolutions to be smoke-free. 2016 resources will be made available on December 28, 2015.
Healthy Holidays Flyers: Shape Your Future has created informational flyers, posters, activity sheets and more on healthy living you can print and distribute in your community or link to online. Seasonally-appropriate topics include:
- Winter Activities Flyer (tip sheet on staying physically active and safe during the winter)
- Helpful Tips for a Healthy Holiday Season (healthy eating, physical activity and movement, and being tobacco free)
Infographic: Underage Drinking Snowballs during December: Put a “chill” on underage drinking by sharing this infographic from StopAlcoholAbuse.gov.
Resolve to Undo Holiday Overindulgences: Share CDC’s feature article & healthy eating resources to inspire others to eat healthier and move more this holiday season.
Article: Holiday Health and Safety Tips: CDC’s Office of Women’s Health has provided list of tips and additional resources including a holiday song, e-cards, and podcasts (English and Spanish language versions available).
Holiday Cooking Fact Sheet: Keep Foodborne Illness Off The Menu: For many, the holiday season brings friends, family, and lots of good food. Every year, approximately 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) become ill with a foodborne illness. This resource from OSDH can help you remind everyone that it’s important to practice food safety when preparing holiday foods.
Program Resource Guide: Mall Walking this Winter: Although mall walking can be done by almost anyone, it tends to be most popular among people middle-aged and older. As these CDC resources note, mall walking programs can provide safe, convenient, and warm places for physical activity.
5 Tips for Managing Diabetes during the Holidays: It can be difficult to eat healthy during the holidays, but these tips will help you get through the holiday season while helping maintain a balanced diet.
National Influenza Week (Dec 6-12): Getting vaccinated for the flu is an important step to having a healthy, happy winter season Spread the word about the importance of getting vaccinated and take the flu pledge!
