Move Daily
This free activity can be done between classes, around campus, or with friends and is an easy way to become more physically active.
Walking
Adding more of these 2 colorful foods, such as spinach, carrots, apples, and berries, supports a healthy eating pattern.
Fruits and Vegetables
Learning a new language, instrument, or hobby is an example of this brain-healthy habit.
Learning a new skill
Calling one of these people to catch up is a simple way to maintain social connections.
Friends and/or Family
A reading of 120/80 is healthy measurment for what vital sign
Blood Pressure
Turn on your favorite song and do this activity, which combines movement, music, and potentially time with friends.
Dancing
Replacing a sugary soda with this simple unsweetened drink can help reduce added sugar intake.
Water
Instead of passively scrolling on your phone, you can do this sedentary keep learning.
Reading
Joining YMAA or another campus club helps you meet people and avoid this recognized dementia risk factor.
Social Isolation
Monitoring your blood sugar is especially important for managing this condition associated with an increased risk of dementia.
Diabetes
Before riding a bicycle or participating in a contact sport, using this safety item can help protect your brain from injury.
Helmet
This eating pattern emphasizes vegetables, beans, nuts, whole grains, and seafood, and has been studied for its relationship with cognitive health.
Mediterranean diet
What company publishes daily brain puzzles that help cognitive health
New York Times
This activity combines learning with social connection by bringing classmates together to prepare for an exam.
Study Group!
High levels of this substance in your blood have been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
cholesterol
Research found the biggest improvement in dementia risk from exercise is when people went from this category of activity level to adding in movement
sedentary
Researchers have linked this type of fat, commonly found in olive oil, avocados, and nuts, to better cardiovascular health, which is important for protecting the brain.
unsaturated fat
Research following adults over many years found that maintaining this habit across adulthood was linked to better cognitive health later in life.
Consistency in Physical Activity
Eating a healthy diet can help lower the risk of two medical conditions that researchers have linked to an increased risk of dementia. Name both conditions.
Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes