11 tips for a healthy fall...follow @cdcchronic on twitter or visit cdc.gov/chronicdisease. 11 tips...

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Get Your Screenings Visit your doctor regularly for preventive services like cancer and diabetes screenings. As the days get shorter and cooler and the leaves change color, use these 12 healthy strategies to help prevent chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Brush Your Teeth Be Sun Safe Get Your Flu Shot Wash Your Hands Wear A Cloth Face Covering Rethink Your Drink Practice Social Distancing For more about how to prevent chronic disease and maintain a healthy lifestyle, follow @CDCChronic on Twitter or visit cdc.gov/chronicdisease. 12 Tips for a Healthy Fall Don’t Use Tobacco You can quit today! Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for free support. Brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste. Wear long-sleeved shirts and pants, a wide- brimmed hat, and sunglasses and use broad spectrum sunscreen with at least SPF 15. An annual flu vaccine is the best way to protect against flu, especially for cancer survivors. Wash your hands with soap and clean running water for 20 seconds. Use masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Substitute water for sugary or alcoholic drinks to reduce calories and stay safe. Delicious fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, and low-fat dairy products make healthy meals. Get at least 7 hours of sleep every night. Move More, Sit Less Adults need at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity every week, plus muscle-strengthening activities at least 2 days a week. Stay at least 6 feet from other people who are not from your household in both indoor and outdoor spaces. Eat Healthy Sleep CLEAN HANDS SAVE LIVES. Prevent the spread of germs. Teach your kids the five handwashing steps—wet, lather, scrub, rinse, and dry—and the key times to wash hands, such as after using the bathroom or before eating. 2X daily CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion CS314200Q Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion @CDCChronic | www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease

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Page 1: 11 Tips for a Healthy Fall...follow @CDCChronic on Twitter or visit cdc.gov/chronicdisease. 11 Tips for a Healthy Fall You can quit today! Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for free support. Brush

Get Your ScreeningsVisit your doctor regularly for

preventive services like cancer and diabetes screenings.

As the days get shorter and cooler and the leaves change color, use these 12 healthy strategies to help prevent chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

Brush Your Teeth

Be Sun Safe

Get Your Flu Shot

Wash Your Hands Wear A Cloth Face Covering

Rethink Your Drink

Practice Social Distancing

For more about how to prevent chronic disease and maintain a healthy lifestyle, follow @CDCChronic on Twitter or visit cdc.gov/chronicdisease.

12 Tips for a Healthy Fall

Don’t Use TobaccoYou can quit today!

Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for free support.

Brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste.

Wear long-sleeved shirts and pants, a wide-brimmed hat, and sunglasses and use broad spectrum sunscreen with at least SPF 15.

An annual flu vaccine is the best way to protect against flu, especially for cancer survivors.

Wash your hands with soap and clean running water for 20 seconds.

Use masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

Substitute water for sugary or alcoholic drinks to reduce

calories and stay safe.

Delicious fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, and low-fat

dairy products make healthy meals.

Get at least 7 hours of sleep every night.

Move More, Sit LessAdults need at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity

every week, plus muscle-strengthening activities at least 2 days a week.

Stay at least 6 feet from other people who are not from your household in

both indoor and outdoor spaces.

Eat Healthy

Sleep

CLEAN HANDS SAVE LIVES.Prevent the spread of germs. Teach

your kids the five handwashing steps—wet, lather, scrub, rinse, and

dry—and the key times to wash hands, such as after using the

bathroom or before eating.

2Xdaily

CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionCS

3142

00Q Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

@CDCChronic | www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease