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This Month's Health Tip



SPRING into health!

With flowers blooming and birds chirping, spring can be invigorating. Take advantage of the warmer weather to help improve your health.

Take a walk. Walking 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week can decrease your blood pressure, help you lose weight, and give you more energy.

Play ball! Spring means the start of baseball season so get outside and play catch with your children.  Moderate physical activity like playing with your children just a few days a week can improve your health by burning calories and decreasing stress. 

Eat like a hummingbird.  Eating several small meals a day instead of 2 or 3 large meals may help you consume fewer calories and maintain more energy throughout the day.  Snack on healthy items such as raw fruits and vegetables or nuts in between larger meals rather than candy or junk food.   

Get outside! Spring means nicer, warmer weather and fewer excuses to stay inside on the couch.  So turn off the TV and do like your parents told you to when you were a kid and go outside!

 

Environmental Services

Restaurant Rating System
The KCHD Division of Environmental Health has initiated our new rating system for restaurant inspections as of February 1, 2013. If you have any questions please send us an 
e-mail or call 304-348-8050. 

 
NEW! KCHD is now offering Food Safety Classes to food service employees. For more information see the flyer located here.

 
 Clean Indoor Air
  Regulation
 
This is a copy of the Kanawha Charleston Health Department Clean Indoor Air Regulation.
 
  Disaster and Disease
 
Provide instruction and technical assistance during natural disasters. Conduct animal encounter investigations and submit rabies samples as required. Advise and assist with solid waste and indoor air pollution problems as needed.
 
  Food
 
Permit and inspect all businesses or establishments that sell food to the public. Examples include restaurants, bars, schools, hospitals, day cares, temporary food stands, retail establishments, etc.
 
  Housing
 
Inspect hospitals, day care centers, schools, mobile home parks, hotels/motels, and other public facilities. Evaluate water and sewage systems for lending institutions.
 
  Recreation
 
Inspect public swimming pools, spas and hot tubs, campgrounds, parks and other public facilities and events.
 
  Sewage
 
Permit, inspect and approve on-site wastewater system installations. Work with subdivisions, sewage treatment plants, home aeration units and septic tank cleaners to insure that the regulations governing them are followed.
 
  Water
 
Permit, inspect and sample private water supplies. Collect compliance samples from public water systems to assure safe water quality.
 
  Fees                                    
 
Permits and Service for Current Year
 
   Other Programs                  
 
The Division of Environmental Health is engaged in other projects and programs that impact the health of our citizens.
 

If you have any complaints you would like us to investigate, please click here and email us with complete Complaint address or contact information. You can also call us @ 304-348-8050.