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Adapting to Summer Changes
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Adapting to Summer Changes

Explore how summer brings changes in food choices, offering more fresh produce options. Learn practical ways to stay active in the heat, such as indoor exercise alternatives, and navigate the social challenges of summer gatherings by making healthier food selections.

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Next question, what changes do you notice in your food choices or physical activity in summer and are there any particular things you do differently to stay well? The food choices to me in summer you have more because you can go to your farmers market, you can, even at your regular market, you can get fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, and it's plentiful in summer. So you should be able to, as far as eating, you should be able to incorporate those fresh things into your diet. And again, because maybe if it gets too hot, Like for me, I have places I can go indoors and walk around an indoor track where you can still get air. So if it gets too hot for you, you just have to find different ways to get your exercise in. I mean, everybody doesn't have the money to have a gym membership, so you just have to find innovative ways to get your exercise done. Thank you for those words. Okay, next question is, summer can be a social season, obviously, with events, food, and more spontaneity. Do these situations bring challenges for you and how do you navigate them? Yes, it will bring challenges for me as depending on what setting you're in, the food that might be served, there will be some food that more than likely you would need to stay away from because of your health. So you can just eat more of the good for you food and less of the the bad food, the food that's bad for your health. Yeah, I get that. Next question is, thinking about positive health behaviors, you know, there's eight behaviors and the other attitudes. Does any of it feel particularly relevant in summer and why that one? I can't think of any other behaviors that would preclude me from doing what I need to do. because it is summer, you know, it doesn't mean that I can't, there's something that I can't do in order to keep myself on an up and up. Yeah, I get that.

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