Day: May 9, 2025

A healthy diet includes a variety of foods from all the major food groups and provides nutrients needed for good health. It also limits unhealthy foods and beverages. This includes limiting sugar, salt and saturated fats, as well as avoiding trans-fats. The diet also includes plenty of vegetables and fruits, low-fat dairy, lean protein, beans, legumes and nuts and whole grains.It's important to get enough dietary fiber, calcium and iron. It's also a good idea to drink water to stay hydrated.Incorporating more vegetables and fruits is a simple way to make sure kids are getting the vitamins and minerals they need. Fruits and veggies are low in calories but provide many essential nutrients, including potassium, vitamin A and folic acid. Some examples of easy ways to incorporate vegetables and fruits into a meal include adding them to salads, serving soups made with lots of veggies, or making fruit smoothies. It is also helpful to keep washed, cut vegetables and fruit in the refrigerator for quick snacks.Aim to fill half your plate with veggies, such as peppers, leafy greens and cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower and brussel sprouts). Add beans and legumes to meals or use them in place of meat at one or two meals per week. Try to eat whole grains at least twice daily, such as brown rice, barley, quinoa and multigrain bread.When it comes to lean protein, look for poultry and fish, which are lower in fat than red meat. If you do eat red meat, choose cuts that contain the word loin or round, which are lower in fat than rib or shoulder cuts. Eggs, dairy, nuts and beans also are excellent sources of protein.Try to limit sodium intake, as it can lead to high blood pressure. You can reduce sodium by eliminating processed foods, reading labels and using cooking methods that are less salty, such as roasting or baking instead of frying.Swap salty sodas and sugary juices for water, lower-fat milk and non-sweetened iced tea and coffee.It's also important to give kids plenty of opportunity for physical activity. This helps prevent obesity and promotes heart health and brain development. It's also a good time to limit the amount of time they spend on electronics, such as television, video games and tablets.Teach children how to read a nutrition label and help them learn about the different food groups. If possible, involve kids in planning and preparing meals. This will allow them to be more interested in the food they are eating and may encourage them to develop a taste for healthier options. Kids are also more likely to eat the foods they have helped prepare. Skip the clean-plate club and let kids stop eating when they are full. This will teach them to listen to their body signals and to eat more slowly. It will also help them to avoid overeating later in the day.

Developing healthy habits and adopting a good lifestyle is not easy, but it is essential to thrive as you move through life’s journey. By making the effort to eat well, be physically active and make positive lifestyle choices, you will reap the benefits not only for your current health but also for your future health and wellbeing.Whether you are an experienced executive or just beginning your career, you can improve your lifestyle to help you thrive. By implementing a few simple changes, you can feel more energetic throughout the day and make the most of your time at work.In the field of psychology, the concept of “lifestyle” has been used and analysed in two main directions:The first line of research, starting with Alfred Adler, defined a personality trait by considering all of the individual’s behaviour traits, opinions, attitudes, and emotions that converge to form a unique psychic imprint. The word style, as used in these models, recalls the origin of the term in the artistic field to highlight the human imprint, which is considered a fundamental characteristic of the person.This approach was further developed by Milton Rokeach and Arnold Mitchell who, in the 1960s, linked lifestyles with value systems and reached the hypothesis that people develop a few hierarchically ordered values, which influence their behavioural models, attitudes, and interests. These values are differentiated into terminal, when they refer to a person’s existence, and instrumental values, that relate to behavioural models, ways of acting, and being.A more recent line of research, of sociological origin, defines a lifestyle by considering the individual’s social position and the social practices that define it, as expressed in the concepts of Georg Simmel and Pierre Bourdieu. This view is based on the fact that lifestyles are determined by internal causes (beliefs, expectations, and preferences) and external causes (social structures that define power relations).This approach has mainly been applied to consumer behaviour and, more recently, to research on health practice models. The risk with this type of approach is that it does not take into account the antecedent factors to the practices and thus is limited to a purely descriptive analysis, which is not necessarily useful in terms of defining health promotion interventions. Therefore, it is important to try to build a theoretical-explanatory model for lifestyles in order to use this concept as an effective tool for designing and evaluating health promotion interventions.