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Enjoying the Summer Months - Indoors and Out

The summer months are upon us! As the days get longer and the weather heats up, take advantage of the extra hours of sunshine to get outdoors and be physically active with your friends, coworkers, and family. When heading outside for activity and fun in the sun this month, always remember to grab your sunscreen and a reusable water bottle to protect your skin from the summer sun and to keep your body hydrated.

This month, celebrate National Running Day on June 5 and National Get Outdoors Day on June 8!

How are you or your organization enjoying the great outdoors this month? E-mail us at physicalactivityguidelines@hhs.gov if you would like to contribute a blog post!

Announcing NEW Healthy People eLearning Lesson

by ODPHP March 26, 2013

Changing our policies, systems, and environment plays an important role in improving health. Earn free continuing education credit for learning how one community is implementing and evaluating a system-wide approach to reducing childhood obesity in this first-ever Healthy People eLearning lesson:

Defining Success in a Systems Approach: The San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative

You can earn free continuing education credit while learning about:

Healthy People 2020 and the Leading Health Indicators (LHI), particularly the LHI topic of Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity;
Determinants of childhood obesity;
Processes involved in collective impact, or large-scale social change; and
Measures to evaluate policy, system, and environmental change related to nutrition and physical activity.

After the lesson, you're invited to join the Healthy People eLearning LinkedIn subgroup, to problem-solve and collaborate around questions from the lesson.

What are you waiting for? Take the lesson today.