{"id":9406,"date":"2025-03-01T13:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/521almostnone\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:21:47","slug":"521almostnone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dpc\/521almostnone\/","title":{"rendered":"dpc\/521almostnone ~  521 Almost None  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dpc\/521almostnone.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->5 &#8211; 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Fruits and vegetables are high in healthy nutrients and low in calories, providing a steady source of energy throughout your day. Eat fresh and local when you can, but frozen or canned vegetables are also good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>2<\/strong> \u2014 Cut down on television watching and other screen time.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"television icon\" class=\"pull-left img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/tv_icon.jpg\" style=\"width: 59px; height: 61px;\"><strong>Work toward a goal of no more than <u>2<\/u> hours a day of television watching<\/strong>. This is especially important for children and youth. Avoid snacking and try to be as active as possible while watching television. When you&#8217;re done watching a show or event you really want to watch, turn off the TV and be more active. Do house or yard work, work on hobbies, go for a walk or bike ride, work out at a gym, garden, spend quality time with family, or engage in any other activity you enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>1<\/strong> \u2014 Try to get at least\u00a01 hour a day of physical activity.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bikes icon\" class=\"pull-left img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/bikes_icon.jpg\"><strong>Current guidelines for physical activity recommend that all children and youth get at least an hour day of physical activity, at least five days a week<\/strong>. This is a good goal for adults as well, especially if you are overweight.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t been active, start with 10 or 20 minutes of activity a day, and gradually increase your activity until you reach your goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Almost None<\/strong> \u2014 Avoid all sugar-sweetened beverages.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"drink icon\" class=\"pull-left img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/ryd-drink_icon.jpg\"><strong>Sugar-sweetened beverages<\/strong>, such as sodas, sweet tea and fruit-flavored drinks, are high in calories and sugar and contain almost no nutrients. Just four sugar-sweetened drinks per day could be half of your recommended calorie intake. Eliminating these drinks can reduce calories and help you maintain or lose weight. People with diabetes or pre-diabetes should completely eliminate sugar-sweetened drinks.\u00a0 Try to substitute more water, flavored water, or unsweetened juices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3>Links to More Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n\n <li>Division of Public Health&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"panohome.html\">Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Program<\/a><\/strong> website<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n <li>Tips on being more active from the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getupanddosomething.org\/\">Get Up and Do Something<\/a><\/strong> website<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n <li>Nemours Health and Prevention Services <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nemours.org\/service\/health\/growuphealthy\/521almostnone.html\">5-2-1 Almost None<\/a><\/strong> website for children<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n <li>Nutrition advice from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.choosemyplate.gov\/\">Choose My Plate<\/a><\/strong> federal website<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.gov\/paguidelines\/second-edition\/\">Physical Activity Guidelines<\/a><\/strong> from the U.S. Department of Health &#038; Human Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n <li>Data on behavioral risk factors \u2013 including <strong><a href=\"brfsurveys.html\">obesity, physical activity, and nutrition<\/a><\/strong> in Delaware<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>  <!--[END]-->\n\n\n  \n\n\n      <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen 5 &#8211; 2 &#8211; 1 &#8211; Almost None Adds Up To Healthier Life Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":9401,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10645,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9406\/revisions\/10645"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}