Physical Activity
This is the recommended number of minutes of moderate intensity exercise in a week.
What is 150-300 minutes?
This technique involves inhaling deeply and exhaling slowly to help calm the nervous system.
What is deep breathing?
Exercise 4-7-8 and Box Breathing
This risk factor increases when tobacco and alcohol are used.
What is a chronic condition?
This is the recommended number of hours one should sleep each night.
What is 7-9 hours?
These are types of moderate activity.
What is a brisk walk, house cleaning, yard work, swimming, and dancing?
These techniques are used to cope and decrease stress?
What is meditation, breathing exercises, and journaling?
Church, volunteering, sports, theatre, work, book club and craft groups are ways to form social connections. The feeling of being socially connected has been proven to help increase this.
What is life satisfaction?
Proven to be beneficial for overall well-being
This department at ECU Health promotes healthy eating and lifestyles to improve, maintain, or even REVERSE chronic conditions.
What is the Lifestyle Medicine Clinic?
Food is Medicine, Dining with a Doc, Exercise is Medicine, LEADr Program, and MORE!
Using electronic devices such as phones, computers, or tablets before bed can disrupt sleep due to this being emitted from their screens.
What is Blue Light?
Suppresses melatonin production, makes you feel more alert and aware, and disrupts circadian rhythm.
These are types of vigorous activity.
What is hiking, jogging, basketball, soccer, jump rope?
These are two departments at ECU Health that can help you and your team with stress.
What is EAP and The Lifestyle Medicine Clinic?
This is a way leaders can support their team when noticing signs and symptoms of social isolation and substance use.
What is offering support and resources.
EAP, Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, Case Management, Wellness programs.
This information is important to read when grocery shopping to make informed decisions about what you are buying.
What is nutrition facts and ingredients?
Avoiding this stimulant found in coffee, tea and soda, especially close to bedtime, can improve sleep.
What is caffeine?
These people generally live longer and are at less risk for serious health problems such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and some cancers.
What is active people?
This practice involves focusing on positive emotions and can improve mental well-being.
What is practicing gratitude?
This behavior, a sign of social bonding, communicates playfulness and a good time.
What is laughter?
This nutrient, abundant in plant-based diets, is crucial for digestive health and preventing chronic diseases.
What is fiber?
This practice, which involves going to bed and waking up at the same time each day, can significantly improve sleep.
What is a consistent sleep routine?
This type of activity is recommended to build strength and help maintain muscle mass.
What is resistance training and compound exercises. (Pilates, yoga and weightlifting)
What is stigma or stereotype?
Seeking help is a sign of self-awareness and maturity. NOT a lack of masculinity or weakness!
This common occurrence can improve blood pressure and heart rate.
What is short, positive interactions?
This type of eating pattern is emphasized in lifestyle medicine, focusing on whole, unprocessed foods.
What is whole food, plant-based eating?
Emphasizes a variety of nutrient-dense, minimally processed vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans and legumes, and nuts and seeds.
This refers to the practices and habits that promote overall good sleep quality.
What is sleep hygiene?
All of your habits leading up to bedtime.