Tips for Staying Healthy

• Get enough sleep (aim for 9 hours a night)
• Eat a healthy diet that includes at least 5-7 or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day
• Take a multivitamin with folic acid and get at least 1300 mg of calcium daily (in your diet or with a dietary supplement)
• Do at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day, or on most days of the week
• DON’T smoke
• Learn to manage stress
• Take time every day to do something you enjoy! (read, paint/draw, dance, cook, talk to a friend, etc.)

Written by the CYWH Staff at Children's Hospital Boston

Updated: 2/17/2010

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