24 ways to ‘leap’ into health starting February 29

Happy Leap Day! One of the biggest hurdles to leap over is fitting healthy habits into your routine. So just like this extra day breaks up your typical year, the Snohomish County Health Department provided some ideas that might help break up your typical routine. Try making at least one healthy activity part of your […]

Washingtonians prefer working out at home even a year after gyms reopen

The pandemic shut down fitness gyms across the Washington state in 2020 for eight weeks, and although memberships have seen a resurgence since restrictions were lifted, it may be an industry that never fully recovers as more and more people have switched to home workouts. When fitness centers reopened in January 2021, they were only […]

Snohomish County ranked among healthiest in Washington

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. – After dropping to seventh in 2020, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has named Snohomish County the sixth healthiest county in Washington for their 2021 County Health Rankings.  The annual rankings were released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The rankings are intended to be a […]