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Five Strategies for busy
families …………
……to stay healthy

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Why Encourage Health?
 Live longer and feel
better
 Avoid disease and
lower medical costs
 For you and your
family
 Look and feel better

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Strategy # 1
Make the healthy choice the easy choice

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Strategy # 2
PORTION CONTROL

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WHAT YOU SHOULD DRINK
MORE or LESS

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Strategy # 3….in this case two is better
than one! Shop, cook, eat, play, be active
TOGETHER!
..unless it is
a smart
phone /
tablet then
ZERO

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Forsyth Park Farmers Market

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Strategy # 4 >> 30 is better than two
Thirty minutes of
activity every day!

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Strategy # 5>> set the example

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HOW to set yourself up for success
–Follow this family recipe
EAT FOOD – MOSTLY PLANTS
NOT SO MUCH (RULE # 1)
30 MINUTES OF ACTIVITY DAILY
KEEP A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND
LAUGHTER IN YOUR HEART 
– RULE 64

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Paula Kreissler
paula@healthysavannah.org
Thanks for your time!

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ACTION ITEMS 
• Write down two things on the index card
1. Of what you heard today – take just one thing
and just do it – for the next month
2. What ‘green space’ is a 10 – 15 minute
walk/bike ride near your home or work?
• Look at the number in the corner of the card –
prizes for #’s ____, ____, ____,
• Sign up for the Healthy Savannah e-newsletter
• Register NOW for the Girl’s on the Run 5K
(3.1miles) on May 17th

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…my favorite healthy recipe
Eat food – mostly plants – Not so much
Walk/bike 30 minutes everyday
Keep a smile on your face and laughter in
your heart 

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