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Activity + Eating: Small Steps to a Healthier YouSmall Steps to a Healthier You Booklet

Revised September 2012

Activity & Eating: Small Steps to a Healthier You—Learn how small changes can lead to big results over time.

This eight-page, self-instructional booklet provides adults with action steps to make balanced food choices and add physical activity to their daily routine.

Available in English and Spanish.

This is one of our most popular and versitile booklets. Consider also ordering a companion booklet, Calcium Connection that helps adults translate health recommendations into small, yet “doable” changes to improve health.

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Nutrition

The booklet is based on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, reflected in the MyPlate icon.

It includes information about:

  • Shopping tips for preparing balanced meals with foods from all five food groups
  • Appropriate portion sizes
  • Label reading
  • Food diary
  • Tips for getting more daily physical activity

Users create specific eating and physical activity goals for themselves.

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(free in California)

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If you work in California in any of these nutrition education roles, you may order free nutrition education booklets.
  • Physician
  • Health educator
  • Registered dietitian
  • Nurse/nurse practitioner
  • Workplace wellness coordinator
  • Nutrition educator
If you live outside California, you may order the materials at a reasonable cost.

Booklet Uses

Our booklets are self-instructional and work in a variety of nutrition education settings:

  • one-on-one instruction or counseling
  • group classes
  • resource library

They are used in outpatient services, senior centers, workplace wellness programs, college health centers, weight management programs and more…


Healthy Eating
My Way

Do you know what foods you should be eating? Make a plan for eating nutrient-rich foods.

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Credible + Tested
The booklet uses a behavior change model  that helps users translate health recommendations
into small, yet “doable” changes to improve health. More information on the booklet evaluation can be found here.
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