Physical Activity

All Physical Activity Content

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Family Fun With Gardening

Gardening is a fun way to incorporate physical activity into your day, and is a great way to connect kids to where their food comes from!

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SDSU Extension partners with SD DOH for physical activity challenge

April 08, 2024

The Move Your Way spring physical activity challenge runs from April 15 to May 15, 2024. Everyone age 18 or older can participate in this virtual event.

Cover of Eagle Book 4 - Tricky Treats. Courtesy: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Eagle Books

The Eagle Books are a series of four books written by Georgia Perez with illustrations by Patrick Rolo and Lisa A. Fifield.

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SDSU Extension receives $525K to improve nutrition, physical activity in rural areas

October 04, 2023

SDSU Extension received $525,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand its work with the five-year High Obesity Program (HOP) into five new South Dakota counties.

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Overweight & Obesity: Leading Cancer Risk Factor

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study that links overweight and obesity to 13 different types of cancers.

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Make Each Day Count

One of the first steps in making healthy choices each day is realizing the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and truly making a behavior change.

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Healthy Sleep and Shift Work

Learn how to overcome a few common barriers that may impact your ability to achieve restful sleep when working a non-traditional work schedule.

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10 Steps To Maintaining Weight

Here are ten things you can do to ward off the gradual creep in weight.

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Meal Replacements: A long-term weight management solution?

The convenience meal replacements offer is appealing, but do they work for long-term weight management?

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Boost Your Immunity With Simple Lifestyle Changes

Have you ever thought about how your daily routine or health habits affect your overall health? Have you been told that making time for those little things such as sleep, nutrition, exercise, and stress management, for example, can all affect more than one aspect of your life?