| Abstract: |
Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better is a program for Black women to help maintain a healthy weight by being active and making healthy food choices. This booklet offers tips on how to get moving, how to prepare healthy, tasty meals, and how to eat right while living a fast-paced, busy lifestyle. The booklet explains some of the risk factors associated with being overweight and inactive, including a greater chance of getting type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure (hypertension), stroke, and breast or colon cancer. The booklet offers specific strategies for incorporating more exercise and movement into one's daily activities, for eating healthier foods on a budget (including enough fruit, vegetables, and protein), reading food labels, eating away from home, and assessing serving sizes accurately. The booklet lists two cookbooks that are recommended. The booklet concludes with the contact information for the Weight-control Information Network (WIN), a service of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that provides the general public, health professionals, the media, and Congress with up to date, science-based health information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues. The booklet is illustrated with bold, colorful graphics. 1 figure. |