Fitness means keeping your body healthy so it can work at its best.

Healthy habits lead to fitness.

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Watch this video from OHSU on how to stay healthy between doctor visits.

It is an action that a person does over and over in the same way.

Once you make a habit, the action becomes easy to do and hard to stop.

Let's talk about ideas for health habits. They are:

We can also stay away from bad habits and other things that might make us sick.

If we practice healthy habits, we get better at being healthy and feeling fit.

Work with your doctor and team to set your own health goals.

Health Habits Action Plan

Health Habits on simple days

Health Habits on not simple days

Weekly calendars can help you remember and work on your new habits.

Support health habits on not simple days.

Handout for caregivers: supporting persons with mild IDD on not simple days.

Handout for caregivers: supporting persons with moderate IDD on not simple days.

Handout for caregivers: supporting persons with severe IDD on not simple days.

Support persons with IDD and their caregivers on not simple days.

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Be active

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Eat healthy

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Hydrate

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Hygiene

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Manage Stress

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Sleep well

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Stay Well

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Go to the Bathroom

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