Tucson SPORT - September 2007 - (Page 64) Top 10 Ways to Activate Tucson 1. Commit to a real and honest assessment of your family’s and/ or corporate health environment and overall lifestyle choices 2. Connect yourself and your family with reliable, credible, resourceful information enriched in positive media messaging 3. Formulate a plan that will incorporate sustainable change towards increased physical activity and better food choices 4. Make a commitment towards knowing your neighbors 5. Make a commitment to engage in the development of your neighborhood 6. Make a commitment to participate in at least one event by December 2007. 7. Encourage healthier choices during the week, so that weekend treats are rewards to look forward to and enjoy 8. Limit the amount of television you and your family watches 9. Recognize your power to create and impact change 10. Pledge your commitment to Activate Tucson at right now at www.activatetucson.org Business leaders gather for a morning of education and motivation on transforming our work places into healthier places. Featured speakers included Dr. Richard Carmona, 17th US Surgeon General, Mayor Bob Walkup, Dane Woll, CEO Metropolitan YMCA and Dan Johnson from the Wellness Council of Arizona. Tucson SPORT gets some props from Dr. Carmona as an excellent way to enrich the type of information needed to help increase health literacy to our southern Arizona families. “We must continue to work on how we can better deliver the messages about public health, physical activity and proper nutrition to our schools and to our diverse population here, and Tucson SPORT is doing just that by targeting all levels of our community…the children, the parents, the grandparents, the educators, and the community and government leaders. They are doing a great job!” For complete healthy community event listings go to www.activatetucson.org. Tucson SPORT is a proud partner of Activate Tucson http://www.activatetucson.org http://www.activatetucson.org http://www.activatetucson.org
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