Many people focus on personal wellness at the turn of the year, on their birthday, or even just every Monday. But fitness and wellness is a year round endeavor, it is a lifestyle. Thankfully there are plenty of days to encourage wellness throughout the year.
This is a calendar of major personal wellness holidays and occasions. Each of these can be a way to focus a wellness challenge, or theme an activity. If you are setting up a workplace wellness Challenge or just looking to find out what related holidays are during this time, check the list below.
January
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
February
American Heart Month What better time to see if your favorite wearable is monitoring your heart rate and heart rate variability (review).
March
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month A great time to checkout some of the at home screening kits, including the ones from LetsGetCheck (review) and Everlywell (review)
National Nutrition Month The perfect time to check out apps like MyFitnessPal (review) to see how your macros and nutrients are doing.
National Sleep Awareness Month
April
Blood Pressure Awareness Month
May
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
Employee Health and Fitness Month–
National Food Allergy Awareness Month
June
1st – Global Running Day
11th – Family Health and Fitness Day
July
August
National Immunization Awareness Month
September
October
November
December
National Handwashing Awareness Month
3rd – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
12th – International Universal Health Coverage Day