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A healthier tomorrow starts today

Get started with these tools & ideas

It only takes one change to start making a healthy difference in your life. Not sure where to begin? Here are some ideas, tips and suggestions from Blue Cross’ Center for Prevention.


Guides for making everyday choices

Print these tip sheets and bring them with you to the grocery store, or pin them up at home or work as a reminder. Share them with friends and family.

  • Five-day meal plan for home cooking pdf
  • Home cooking, healthy eating pdf
  • Eat out in moderation pdf
  • The new normal is not normal pdf
  • Healthify your grocery shopping habits pdf

Ways to move more and eat better

Making healthy choices can be fun. Add some of these tips and ideas into your day:

  • Try a new activity. Groove your body every day, ride a bike around town, go dancing or take a walk.
  • Eat fruits and veggies from your local farmers market at Minnesota Grown or Produce for Better Health.
  • Set realistic goals. Try this seven-step plan for weight loss.
  • Use a coach. Blue Cross members can sign in or register for myBlueCross to use Balance, a free online weight-loss program.
  • Talk to your doctor for advice before starting a weight-loss or exercise program.
  • Don’t go on a diet. Maintain a healthy weight for a lifetime.
  • Track your eating and exercise. Learn how to keep a training log.
  • Join a fitness center. Blue Cross members can sign in or register for myBlueCross to see if your plan includes a discount at Life Time Fitness, Snap Fitness, Curves and many others.


Community health

Check out these community programs that Blue Cross sponsors:

a nonprofit public bike sharing programLearn more ExternalLink
improve your overall health by grooving your body each dayLearn more ExternalLink
families can mingle and shop in a safe, car-free environmentLearn more ExternalLink
helps people buy more fruits and vegetables at farmers marketsLearn more ExternalLink



What is Blue Cross’ Center for Prevention?

Through our Center for Prevention, we have charted an ambitious journey for tackling preventable heart disease and cancers that are linked to four risk factors that can be avoided: tobacco use, exposure to secondhand smoke, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating. Learn more about what we’re doing to address the behaviors that fuel these diseases at PreventionMinnesota.com. You can also download the executive summary of our latest report: Physical Activity and Healthy Eating in Minnesota: Addressing Root Causes of Obesity pdf


Health coaching

If you’re a Blue Cross member, get help 24/7 from online health coaching programs.
Choose from: Balance, Nourish, Move, Breathe, Relax, Control or Achieve.

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Healthy weight resources
  • Real people tell their stories ExternalLink
  • Tips from people who’ve lost weight ExternalLink
Quit smoking resources
  • BMI calculator ExternalLink
  • "Choose my plate" plan ExternalLink
  • Why does my weight matter? ExternalLink
  • Calorie burn rate calculator ExternalLink
  • Target heart rate calculator ExternalLink

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