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5 Putting the five pillars into practice

Making healthy choices with your lifestyle now will help ensure that you stay fitter in the longer term.

Click through the tabs below to see how you can:

  • Get enough sleep.
  • Keep your brain healthy.
  • Achieve the right work life balance.
  • Get regular health checks.

There’s a text option if that’s easier for you. Just click on the ‘toggle plain view’ or ‘long description’ button.

The five pillars: putting them into practice

Now have a go at Activity 5 to compare this information with your current lifestyle choices.

Activity 5: Healthy routines

Give yourself about 10 minutes for this.

Have a think about your own routine and start making some plans if you feel you need them. This link might help you to make a start: How to create healthy routines and stick to them.

You can find more on boosting your health in the additional resources section.

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