Tips For a Healthful Lifestyle

Achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be challenging, but is extremely important to ensure good health and an improved quality of life. Armed with the latest nutritional information, Berks Encore knows that older adults can make healthful choices and lifestyle changes to improve their overall health and wellbeing.

Healthy Choices

Nutrition Articles

One in every three U.S. adults is overweight or obese, resulting in many diet-related chronic diseases. The following articles provide insight into ways to improve your eating habits.

Healthy Recipes

Diet-Related Chronic Diseases

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), diet-related chronic diseases are taking a toll on our society. Check out the numbers:

  • 37% of the population have cardiovascular disease
  • 34% of U.S adults have hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • 11% of the population ages 20 years and older have diabetes
  • 41% of the population will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime
  • One out of every two women and one in four men ages 50 years and older will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime.

Source: USDA