Wonder

Healthy Habits: 20s

Delivered September 24, 2019. Contributor: Dagmawit W.

Goals

To understand the specific health habits someone in their 20s can start to live a long and healthy life.

Early Findings

ACCORDING TO EXPERTS: This article in the New York Times gives us insights from various experts on the activities that people in their 20s are encouraged to do in order to live a healthy life.
WEIGH YOURSELF FREQUENTLY
Experts advise one to keep a weighing scale in the bathroom in order to keep their weight in check. 
This will assist in not loosing track of one's weight progress and to inform one's efforts.
COOK AT HOME
When cooking at home, one tends to eat healthier and it would cost them less.
It is also an easy way to add fruits and vegetables in one's diet.
REDUCE SUGAR INTAKE
 Reducing intake of sugar reduces the chances of one developing diabetes or obesity.  
Sugar has been linked to these two conditions.
STAY ACTIVE
Living an active life plays a major role in managing one's weight.
Put in at least 20-30 minutes a day of activity.
TOP ASIAN TIPSDRINK GREEN TEA
This drink is a great anti-oxidant.
It increases metabolism levels and is a great 
It can burn between 70 and 80 calories.
HAVE SOUP
Ensure to incorporate soup into meals.
It is healthy, has low calories, and it slightly makes one feel full before eating the heavier parts of the meal.

Proposed next steps:

You need to be the project owner to select a next step.

Our initial research was able to identify several articles that address healthy habits that one can begin to practice while still in their 20s. For this reason, we recommend additional research identifying 5-7 expert-backed healthy habits from sources in the US, the same research for Europe, and a third for Asia.

Alternatively, we could identify 4-5 expert-backed/socially-accepted healthy habits for those in their 20s, each from a different country across the globe.