Healthful eating and active living help adults and seniors feel their best, work productively, and lower their risk for some diseases. Fitness at every age comes from a lifestyle that includes good nutrition and regular physical activity the sooner you start, the better your health. Food and physical activity choices are personal. Foods nourish your body. Being well-nourished means getting enough of the nutrients your body needs and eating appropriate portions.
Fitness refers to optimal health and overall well being in other words, good health.
Food is a source of pleasure and good taste. The taste of foods adds pleasure to eating especially by eating a greater variety of foods and by learning how to include favorites into an overall healthful eating style. Staying fit means having a better chance for a higher quality of life, and perhaps a longer one. The National Nutrition Month theme is one that should be promoted for a lifetime. And in any discussion with patients about lifestyle, physicians should use the opportunity to encourage patients who smoke to quit.