Make Your Health a Priority

The World Health Organization lists cancer, reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, violence against women, and mental health among the top 10 biggest women's health issues. National Women's Health Week is an observance led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health to empower women to make their health a priority. The week focuses on highlighting ways women can improve their health and take proactive steps such as scheduling regular doctor visits, eating healthy, staying active, getting enough sleep, and managing stress to ensure wellness and take steps to break the silence. Proactive choices that support health ensure that I am able to perform my best at work and at home, and support my family, friends, and colleagues. Beyond serious health concerns is the idea of health, balance, and wellness - the definition of this is personal and different for everyone, also dependent on the stage and phase of life. I went to some of the women and mothers in my life who inspire me; all agree on one thing - it takes work. Making healthy choices, positive role-modeling, treating food as fuel and planning are among the common threads that everyone cites as being instrumental in prioritizing their own health. Healthy Choices: For Carla Hall, chef, former Top Chef Finalist, current TV co-host of ABC's The Chew, and National Women's Health Week ambassador, it is all about choices. Of her role on The Chew she says, "I am always surrounded by...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news