Take Steps

Obesity is a serious problem
As you know, obesity is one of the most prevalent and growing health care issues. You also know that while it's preventable, patients encounter many hurdles when trying to lose or maintain their weight. That's why we created Take Steps.

Living a healthier lifestyle
Take Steps makes losing weight and staying healthy easier. Rather than talking about fad diets and exhausting fitness routines, we show people how to make their everyday lifestyle healthier.

Take Steps makes it simple
The program is based on recommended goals of taking 10,000 steps and eating 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.* Take Steps is designed to help you take small steps every day towards reaching your goals like walking a little bit more and eating a little bit smarter.

Take Steps Resources
Our Web site is loaded with resources and helpful tools designed to make getting and staying healthy both fun and achievable. Registering allows visitors to set and track their goals online on their own Web page. Best of all, Take Steps is absolutely FREE.

Share Take Steps with your patients
Regardless of your patients' age or fitness level, Take Steps has something to help everyone live a healthier lifestyle. Refer your patients to our Web site, or download any of the following materials to help them get healthy.

Resources

Resource Sheet
Designed as a take-a-way for the patient, this double sided sheet provides realistic tips, resources and recommendations to help individuals improve their eating habits and increase their activity.

Rx Pad

Use this pad to jot down your patients BMI, indicate a healthy weight range and provide health advice and or recommendations.

Take Steps Balance Book
An easy-to-use logbook for your patients to keep track of their daily steps and servings.

Take Steps 1-2-3
A simple hand out to help you get started with Take Steps.

Take Steps BMI Chart (Body Mass Index)
An easy-to-use chart to help determine healthy weight range.

Helpful Links

* Daily steps recommendation based on Physical Activity Recommendation for 10,000 steps from the Surgeon General, as 10,000 step is equivalent to 5 miles/day.

* Daily serving’s recommendation is based on Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published jointly every 5 years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA).