You are driving your car when suddenly your stomach rumbles. You are hungry. Do you decide to go get fast food or go home and take the time to prepare a meal? Let's say we don't have time to create our own meal. When you arrive at your restaurant of choice, do you park in the parking spot closest to the door or just use the drive-thru? What do you choose to eat? Is it something processed and frozen or do you choose something fresh? After eating, you decide to go to the mall. You pass advertisements of smiling, slim, happy models. You need to go to the second floor. Do you take the elevator, escalator or stairs? These are choices that we face every day and which can have an impact on our lives today, tomorrow and even further into our future. The children follow our examples. If we are faced with these choices on a daily basis, so are they. How can we make our lifestyle healthier, not only for ourselves, but also for future generations? A healthier lifestyle is established through balanced priorities, good mental health and good role models. Lifelong priorities, whether financial, educational, or physical, help create a longer, more balanced lifestyle. With so many false images being circulated around the world on the internet and social media about a body's physical appearance, it's no surprise that many people pay more attention to the weight on the scale than to the weight. muscle mass and other factors that may be affected. have a more significant impact on their overall health. Billboards and photoshopped mannequins lead to impossible and unrealistic expectations of what a “normal” human body should look like. As Natasha Turner said: “It's not your actual weight on the scale that matters most for overall health... middle of article...... Student Research Center. Internet. November 9, 2015. Kane, Anthony. “A parent’s work as a role model.” Healthy Place 2011: n.pag. Internet. November 14, 2015. “Nutrition and Weight Control for Longevity.” » (2012): 1-46. Student Research Center. Internet. November 29, 2015. “Poverty kills: health depends on wealth.” Huntsville Forester September 26, 2013: n.pag. Student Research Center. Internet. November 1, 2015. Richardson, Vanessa. “A fit body means a fit mind.” Edutopi. The George Lucas Educational Foundation. and Web. November 10, 2015.Small, Gary. “Exercise can cure depression.” Brain Bootcamp September 2010: n.pag. Psychology Today, 2013. Web. November 5, 2015. Tecco, Armand. “Why exercise is important.” Health Discovery, HealthDiscovery.net, 2013. Web. November 13, 2015. Turner, Natasha. “Are you skinny and fat?” Châtelaine 86.10 (October 2013): n. page. Student Research Center. Internet. November 2. 2015.