(NAPSA)—The warmer months are a great time to pick up new healthy habits. With longer days and a rainbow of fruits and veg- etables in season, it’s easier to fit in physical activity and savorcolorful, healthy meals with family and friends. To help make these habits last a lifetime, the Weight-control Information Network (WIN), a national information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, offers these ideas: Healthy Eating *Boost the flavor and nutrition of your meals with dry herbs. Shopfor food with your family. Get their help with fixing a meal. Remind them that it is important for everyone to eat healthy foods. eStart a small garden in your yard or in a community garden. Physical Activity *Choose water workouts and make a splash as you get fit and strong. Plan a weekend hike through a park, a family softball game, or an evening walk around the neighborhood. These tips and morearein the flyers “Being Healthy Is a Big Deal” and “Don’t Take a Vacation From Your Healthy Habits This Start a small garden in your yard or in a community garden. Summer.” Contact WIN for your copy to put on yourrefrigerator or in a helpful place as a reminder, or in a community center where you workor volunteer. For more information, call WIN at 1-877-946-4627 or visit www. win.niddk.nih.gov. Read WIN’s free publications “Being HealthyIs a Big Deal” at www.win.niddk.nih.gov/ publications/PDFs/Big_Deal_flyer _508.pdf and “Don’t Take a Vacation From Your Healthy Habits This Summer” at www.win.niddk.nih. gov/publications/PDFs/Vacation_flyer _508.pdf. Like WIN on Facebook at www.facebook.com/win.niddk.nih.gov.
