Your Cigna Whole Health® calendar 2022

Exercise lowers our risk of developing many chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Research shows that getting active is also a great way to improve our mental well-being. Sounds like a win-win! You don’t have to play sport or go to a gym to give your physical activity a boost. Whether in a city park or rural nature, there are lots of ways to improve your fitness.

Promoting well-being from a young age helps lay the foundation for better health and development into adulthood. A lack of physical activity and certain behaviours – such as too much screen time, or even genetics – mean many parents are living with an overweight or obese child. With childhood obesity on the rise, we believe setting health goals should be rewarding for everyone.

We all know food labels contain a lot of useful nutrition information. They allow us to compare different food products at a glance and keep track of how much fat, salt and sugar we consume. Knowing how to use nutrition labels helps us choose a more balanced diet – and make smarter food choices in a hurry. Good news: we’re here to save you time working out what they mean!

There are conflicting messages about what increases our cancer risk and how to know we have it. Some of the most common signs of cancer can be easy to spot. But when changes happen inside the body, signs and symptoms can be difficult to see or understand. You don’t need to have symptoms for screening to reduce your risk. Screening can detect the early stages of cancer when treatment is more likely to be effective.

Find out about how screening could reduce the cancer risk for men or women.

Studies have found that teenagers with electronic devices in their bedrooms reported consistently worse sleep. Not enough quality sleep can have an almost immediate effect. It makes it harder to think and easier to become irritated and stressed. But did you know that poor sleep increases the risk of more serious medical conditions? Getting to grips with sleep can help you make healthier choices for yourself and your family.

Our interactions with friends and family can play an essential role in supporting many different aspects of our health and wellness. But when we experience a lack of drive, negative self-worth or an ongoing sense of feeling low, it can be harder to manage healthy relationships or even engage in everyday social situations. This could be a sign of languishing – a term used to describe the absence of well-being somewhere around the midpoint of mental health.

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