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Healthy Living for December

Happy New Year from Evergreen Park & Recreation District! We know holidays are a difficult time to maintain healthy habits. But Jan. 1, 2016 brought an opportunity to start fresh!

EPRD is offering two Fitness Challenges in January and February to jump-start your winter fitness and help you start the year healthy in body and mind. Join us in the Rec Centers!
Fitness challenges

Healthy Exercising
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It seems that as days get shorter and colder, our bodies want to slow down, store up fat, and take a long winter's nap. Here are strategies for overcoming the hibernation instinct, from US Masters Swimming.
Healthy Eating
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As the holidays arrive, oftentimes so do the pounds. Here are 12 tips from Dr. Caroline Cederquist, M.D. on how to eat healthy this holiday season.
For most of us, the holiday season is a joyful time spent with family and friends. But for others, it is a time of year when feelings of loneliness can reach their peak. Here's how to cope, from Medical News Today.
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Healthy Parenting
At Christmas time we are bombarded with toy advertisements and kids screaming "I want this!" As parents, we want to give to our children, but we also want to instill values and a sense of what the holidays are really about. How do you find the balance? Ask Doctor G helps sort it out.
Healthy Planet
Ice Safety brochureIce Safety on Evergreen Lake

Evergreen Lake is open for ice skating, and EPRD's Parks crews are working hard to maintain the ice all season and keep it safe. We measure a number of spots all over the maintained rink to ensure a 12-inch ice depth to safely support skaters and grooming equipment. 

But EPRD does not monitor any other place on the lake, so please use common sense if you're ice fishing or walking on the ice -- you do this at your own risk! Check out EPRD's new ice safety brochure for advice on how to stay safe on the frozen lake. 
Healthy Giving
How do you know when you are giving the right amount, or when you are giving so much that you are losing yourself in the process? Heathy Living magazine helps us understand the difference. 

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