What are the key steps to a healthy weight?

Make Wise Food Choices

Follow the Food Guide Pyramid to make wise food choices, including the following: 

What Is HIV?

HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. In the U.S., about 1.2 million people are living with HIV or AIDS. Of those people, about 250,000 have HIV but don 't know it. This year, about 40,000 new people will become infected with HIV in the U.S.

How Do People Get HIV?

HIV can be passed from persons with the HIV virus through:

• Blood
• Semen
• Vaginal secretions
• Breast milk

HIV is spread through:

Winter Sports Injury Prevention Tips:  Skating

Ice skating is a fun winter activity, and also a great exercise! The National Safety Council offers these tips to help you and your family enjoy safe skating.

Condoms are sheaths of thin latex or plastic worn on the penis during sex. Condoms collect semen ("cum") before, during and after a man ejaculates ("cums").

Why Use a Condom?

If used correctly, condoms are the cheapest, easiest and best way to protect against sexually transmitted infections/diseases (STIs/STDs) and pregnancy. Condoms should be used correctly during oral sex (blow jobs), anal sex and vaginal sex. If used correctly, condoms are 98% effective at preventing STIs/STDs and pregnancy.

Talking with Your Parents about Your Sexual Decisions

The decisions you are making about your sexual behavior are an important part of becoming an adult. You may be asking yourself some questions:

Using your fireplace, wood stove or other fuel-fired devices can be a great way to provide heat and comfort during the cold winter months. Before you use your device, it is important to follow a few basic safety steps to avoid a dangerous situation.

Wear A Helmet!

The best way to reduce injury from bicycle crashes and outdoor recreation is by wearing a helmet.

Children should always wear a helmet for all wheeled sports activities. A properly-fitted bike helmet is just as effective when riding a scooter, roller skating or inline skating. However, when skateboarding and long boarding, make sure your child wears a skateboarding helmet.

Make it a Rule: Every time you and your child ride, wear a helmet. If your child is reluctant to wear a helmet, try letting him or her choose his or her own.

Beat the heat with these tips from Denver Health. Beating the heat can be challenging when temperatures approach 100º F.

Keep your family safe this Halloween with these simple suggestions.

Winter Sports Injury Prevention Tips: Frostbite

It only takes a few minutes for exposed skin to become frostbitten if the temperature is below 20 F and the wind is blowing at 20 mph or more.

What is Frostbite?

When outside in the cold, your body is focused on maintaining its core temperature. To do that, it shifts blood away from the extremities and toward the central organs of the heart and lungs. This increases the risk of local cold injury such as frostbite to your arms and legs.