By Arthur Wright


Every citizen is guaranteed a safe and environment in which they can live in.This includes every citizen regardless of their financial status or ethnic background. In order to realize this vision, policies have been put in place to ensure that every citizen possesses a better state of mind and body and has unlimited access to basic healthcare. This article expounds on policies aimed at promoting health and wellness North Carolina.

The government has been at the forefront in ensuring that its citizens have well bodies with the adoption of several key strategies that have proven successful. Firstly, the State has abolished the consumption of tobacco and tobacco products to its citizens. The State has discovered that tobacco has adverse effects on man by being responsible for causing lung cancer, as well as causing the formation of deformed fetuses on expectant mothers.

In addition to this, the administration has also enacted a policy pertaining to exercises which are meant to encourage its citizens to engage in physical activities and stick to good nutrition. The consumption of junk foods, which are proven to contain high levels of fat and sugar, are believed to cause obesity. Obesity, a lifestyle disease characterized by excess body fat, is responsible for causing hypertension.

Moreover, the government has introduced a workplace regulation that sensitizes workers to use the lunch time hours to engage in physical exercises such as walking instead of driving or riding. Alternatively, they are encouraged to walk on stairs instead of using the elevator. This is done in an effort to promote maintenance of healthy bodies.

Moreover, the state has introduced the consumption of nutritious foods in hotel menus such fruit and vegetable salads in hotels and cafeterias. Not only does consumption of such balanced foods help in smoothening the digestion process but also in lowering levels of cholesterol in the body. The residents are more likely to consume these products once they have been informed on the benefits.

Next is the consumption of nutritious foodstuffs that have low fat and sugar content as well as unprocessed food items in employee celebratory gatherings. As it has been the norm in the past, in which sugary foodstuffs were served, things have changed as low fat foodstuffs are now served.

The state government has also encouraged its citizens to use healthcare resources wisely and benefit from them in the long run. This is achieved through the free screening of certain diseases on specific days within the month. This initiative is meant to encourage citizens to undergo free testing so as to detect any illnesses and get treatment promptly.

Moreover, the State has also developed strategies aimed at informing its residents on better ways of coping with certain diseases. Such coping mechanisms are intended to reduce effects of diseases. They also reduce risk of infection to other members of the society. Additionally, the government has developed a program concerning reduction of body weight that has been backed by an impressive financial package. Through this, work institutions are encouraged to introduce fitness programs at strategic regions at workplace to entice employees to participate in work outs. Prizes are then issued to the dedicated employees at maintaining leaner bodies.




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