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Building healthy habits to promote overall health and wellness takes time and commitment. While it takes more than 31 days to build a new habit, to get a jump-start, Mayo Clinic Health System invites people 16 or older to join the free and virtual Fall Into Wellness Challenge. This challenge will be held Oct. 1–31.

Participants will learn about various aspects of incorporating health and wellness into daily routines, including:

Eating well

Getting enough exercise, sleep and water

Maintaining good health through prevention

Eliminating stress

Discovering passions

When participants register, they will be able to download and print a calendar that outlines daily activities and provides a place to track participation. Every day, participants will earn points for getting enough sleep and exercise, drinking enough water and completing a daily activity. Participants will receive weekly options for expanding their daily activities.

The Fall Into Wellness Challenge has two tracks:

• Community: This track is for individual participants, families and groups of friends.

• Corporate: This track is for individual participants joining as a team on behalf of the business or organization where they work. A team captain is required.

For more information, visit the Mayo Clinic Health System website.