Living a Healthy Lifestyle | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Living a Healthy Lifestyle | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Living a Healthy Lifestyle

Changing habits can have a big positive impact on your health. Read, listen to, and watch the following resources to learn how to be a lighter, smoke-free, and healthier you.

Staying Healthy

• Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age: 2014 Update. March 2014. Flyer lists screening tests and tips for staying healthy for men. (14-IP006-A)
• Men: Stay Healthy at 50+: 2014 Update. March 2014. Flyer lists screening tests and tips for staying healthy for men over fifty. (14-IP009-A)
• Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age: 2014 Update. May 2014. Flyer lists screening tests and tips for staying healthy for women. (14-IP007-A)
• Women: Stay Healthy at 50+: 2014 Update. April 2014. Flyer lists screening tests and tips for staying healthy for women over fifty. (14-IP002-A)

Losing Weight

Read:

• Advice from Dr. Clancy: Ready to Lose Weight in the New Year? Experts Offer Guidance for Adults and Children
• Advice from Dr. Clancy: Focus on Obesity

Listen:

• Fighting Childhood Obesity (Podcast Download; Transcript)
• Getting to a Healthy Weight (Transcript)
• Obesity—Prevention and Treatment (Podcast Download; Transcript)
• Obesity on the Rise in the U.S. (Podcast Download; Transcript)

Quitting Smoking

Read:

• Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users (  PDF version - 178.89 KB )
• Support and Advice From Your Clinician A Personalize Plan to Quit Smoking (  PDF version - 61.17 KB )
  • En español: Apoyo y consejos de su profesional de salud (  PDF version - 59.94 KB )
• Quitting Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card (  PDF version - 39.85 KB )
  • En español: Dejar de fumar le ayuda a sanar más rápido (Versión de texto)  (  PDF version - 43.27 KB )
• You Can Quit Smoking - Pocket Card (  PDF version - 112.4 KB )
  • En español: Usted puede parar de fumar: Tarjeta de bolsillo (  PDF version - 136.2 KB )
• You Can Quit Smoking - Poster (  PDF version - 66.92 KB )
  • En español: Usted puede dejar de fumar - Poster (  PDF version - 37.93 KB )
• You Can Quit Smoking: Support and Advice From Your Prenatal Care Provider. Support and advice from a prenatal care provider
  •  PDF version - 586.72 KB
  • En español: Usted puede dejar de fumar (  PDF version - 587.5 KB )

Listen:

• If You're Pregnant and You Smoke (Podcast Download; Transcript)
  • (en español: (Fumar durante el embarazo; Transcripción)
• Kid's Tooth Decay and Smoking (Transcript)
• Pregnancy and Smoking (Transcript)
• Quitting Tobacco—Talk with Your Doctor (Podcast Download; Transcript)

Watch:

• Smoking Cessation, with NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green (4 Videos, Flash®)

More Resources:

• Visit BeTobaccoFree.gov, a navigation interface to all HHS tobacco-related information
• Search Healthfinder.gov for more Smoking Cessation resources.
  • Quit Smoking: Explains the basics of quitting smoking and the benefits of quitting—and how to take action.
  • Quit Smoking E-cards: Remind friends and loved ones to quit smoking today. Choose "Quit Smoking" E-cards.
• Visit the National Women's Health Information Center Web site for a special section: A Breath of Fresh Air! Independence from Smoking.
• Go to the National Library of Medicine for consumer information on Smoking Cessation.

Current as of May 2014

Internet Citation: Living a Healthy Lifestyle. May 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/prevention/lifestyle/index.html