Healthy Yuma

Yuma County Get Healthy Goals

• Total weight loss of 140 tons
• Double our fruit and vegetable intake or 9 or more servings of fruit, vegetables, and whole grains a day
• Exercise 3 million miles

Equivalent miles:

Aerobic class- Zumba, aerobic dancing 4 miles per 50 minutes

Aerobic machines- 1 mile for every 100 calories burned

Basketball- 50 minutes 5 miles

Bike- Divide number of miles by 4 (Helmets please)

Football- 50 minutes 4 miles

Gardening- 50 minutes 4 miles

Golf- walking 18 holes equals 6 miles

Swimming – Multiply miles times 5

Tennis – 50 minutes 4 miles singles, 3 miles for doubles

Walking – Miler per mile

Running – Mile per mile

Personal and Family Goals

• Better nutrition, especially less sugar and less saturated fat
• Exercise 30 minutes at least 3 times per week and be more active every day
• Families to adopt the 5-2-1-Almost None program
• Stop smoking or never start
• Get help for yourself or a loved one with an alcohol or drug problem