Healthy living is about people living in healthy ways and making positive choices about personal health practices. Healthy living focuses on prevention. It promotes overall well-being by helping people take action to improve their health.

This sub-committee focuses on three aspects of healthy living:

• healthy eating
• physical activity
• tobacco control

Some of what they have been doing includes:

• developing and disseminating guidelines to encourage healthy eating at community programs, meetings and events
• promoting physical activity among children and families with a focus on inclusion for children with disabilities
• advocating to municipalities in the region for smoke-free outdoor recreation and sport areas and events.

Contact: Margie Coombes, Co-chair at 752-4911 or margaret.coombes@easternhealth.ca