Starting Sunday, February 24 @ 11:59 PM, until Sunday, March 03 11:59 PM  your challenge is to ...

Eat More Vegetables

In this week's challenge you must Eat More Vegetables. Eating vegetables provides health benefits - people who eat more fruits and vegetables as part of an overall healthy diet are likely to heave a reduced risk of some chronic diseases. Vegetables provide nutrients vital for health and maintenance of your body.

Health Benefits

Reduces risk for stroke and perhaps other cardiovascular diseases.

Reduces risk of getting type 2 diabetes.

Protects against certain cancers, such as stomach and colon-rectum cancer.

Fight bloat

Reduces the risk of developing kidney stones and may help to decrease bone loss.

Helps lower calorie intake

Reduces the risk of heart disease, and obesity

Lowers blood pressure


Suggested Reading:
Why is it important to eat Vegetables? - Learn more here.
4 Surprising benefits of Vegetables - Learn more here.
Benefits of Eating Vegetables - Learn more here.

This challenge was closed on 3/3/2019

The Weekly Health Challenge is a self-audited program designed to motivate the JCSC Wellness participants in reducing BMI on a weekly basis.

How it works:

1. Each week there will be a new health challenge. You can accept the challenge by accepting the pledge for each challenge. You can only accept a challenge from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

2. At the end of the week, you can declare if you have completed the challenge. You can only mark a challenge as completed from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

3. Every week, the participants that complete the challenge will be recognized on this page.