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The program is just what is needed according to the Greater Bridgeport Community Health Assessment survey, where respondents in Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, and Trumbull report obesity rates ranging from 16 percent to 32 percent.
Get Healthy CT focuses on a different obesity prevention topic each month and provides resources in print and online. Printed information packets also are available in some area libraries, community centers, regional health departments and other locations.
In this month's health feature, “Skip the Salt and Sugar,” available online, the group offers tips and resources to help achieve the proper salt and sugar balance in daily meals, including:
- Added Sugar Is Not So Sweet
- Sugar Sense
- Sugar Shocker
- Choose Health, Drink Water
- Cut Back On Your Kid’s Sweet Treats
- Why Should I Limit Sodium?
- The Salty Six
- High Sodium Foods, Ways to Reduce Sodium
- Spice Things Up
- Healthier Condiments
- Monthly Health Challenge – Jump Rope
- Monthly Recipe – Simple Corn Chowder
Get Healthy CT is a community coalition that works in the greater Bridgeport, New Haven, and Greenwich regions to make the “healthy choice the easy choice.” The group also provides information about being healthy and connects people to local resources to support healthy eating and physical activity through its website GetHealthyCT.org.
More than 150 large and small businesses and nonprofit and community organizations have joined the coalition, along with individuals and families.
To learn more, visit GetHealthyCT.org or search for Get Healthy CT on Facebook.
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