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Operation Live Well

The Department of Defense (DoD) wants to improve the health and wellness of the entire defense community. As part of DoD's Operation Live Well, we have assembled a set of resources which you can use to adopt or maintain a healthy lifestyle. Please join us in our journey to health and wellness.

Our Focus Areas

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Integrative Wellness

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Mental Wellness

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Nutrition

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Physical Activity

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Sleep

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Tobacco-free Living

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Coast Guardsman explains how he’s not a quitter when it comes to stopping smoking

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8/5/2015
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Cody Howard stands in front of the Northwestern from TV's "Deadliest Catch" during his duties in Alaska.

You never quit smoking, you STOP. One Coast Guardsman tells his story of the challenges faced and still being overcome when it comes to tobacco.

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Motivational Monday Message: “Breaker breaker one-nine”

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8/3/2015
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Lt. Col. Thomas Hundley’s Operation Live Well message this week looks at the biggest benefit of his days with CB radio.

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Breastfeeding and Work: Let’s make it work

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8/3/2015
Marilyn Soto breastfeeds her son Adrian while father, Luis Sotochavez, looks on after giving birth at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas.

The first week of August is known as World Breastfeeding Week in many health and preventive health circles. Research has revealed numerous health benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child.

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Motivational Monday Message: “From the rooter to the tooter”

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7/27/2015
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Lt. Col. Thomas Hundley’s Operation Live Well message this week looks at the perils of pork when it’s a family tradition.

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Monday Motivational Message: “Strength through the struggle”

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7/20/2015
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Lt. Col. Thomas Hundley’s Operation Live Well message this week looks at the physical and mental benefits of life’s struggles.

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Federal video collaboration strives to reduce military tobacco use

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7/20/2015
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The Defense Health Agency (DHA), through its Operation Live Well initiative, is teaming with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products to promote “The Real Cost” — a public education campaign highlighting the true cost of tobacco use.

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What’s cooking? Food safety for summer

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7/14/2015
Cheeseburger and Chips

Let the good times roll this summer with some important food safety tips.

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Monday Motivational Message: “Working Medicine”

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7/13/2015
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Lt. Col. Thomas Hundley’s Operation Live Well message this week looks at the price of overdoing it with food this summer and some energetic remedies.

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Monday Motivational Message: It’s a thin line between size and shape

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7/6/2015
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Lt. Col. Thomas Hundley’s Operation Live Well message this week looks at reasons to accept your physical self rather than wishing you were different than you are.

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Monday Motivational Message: The Green Tomato

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6/29/2015
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Lt. Col. Thomas Hundley’s Operation Live Well message this week looks at the benefits of looking at yourselves as an unripe green tomato instead of a juicy red one

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What should I look for in sports drinks?

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6/23/2015
Bicyclist resting and drinking a sports drink

This article focuses on sports beverages designed for use during exercise. Remember that energy drinks and recovery drinks/protein shakes are not the same as carbohydrate-and-electrolyte sports drinks.

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Monday Motivational Message: Feel the Heat!

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6/22/2015
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Lt. Col. Thomas Hundley’s Operation Live Well message this week remembers a great-grandmother who couldn’t live with central heat and air.

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Monday Motivational Message: Get Up Offa That Thang!

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6/15/2015
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Lt. Col. Thomas Hundley’s Operation Live Well message this week remembers a song by James Brown and connects it to motivation for better health.

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Motivational Monday Message: The Airplane Oxygen Mask

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6/8/2015
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Department of Defense celebrates Men’s Health Awareness Month with this story about caring for yourself first.

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June is Men’s Health Awareness Month

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6/5/2015
Karen S. Guice, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

Dr. Guice promotes Men’s Health Awareness Month within the Military Health System.

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