Health and Fitness

July 1, 2010

For the Holiday Weekend: Tips on Staying Safe While Having Fun in the Sun

With the Fourth of July weekend around the corner, it’s timely to offer some tips for staying safe while enjoying the long — and in many places, hot — summer weekend.

This News Center piece offers a list of summer safety tips on topics from sun safety, water safety, insect bites and more. It also refers to the Kaiser Permanente online Health Encyclopedia, which is available to the general public and contains detailed information about hundreds of topics that are relevant to summer safety.

In addition, this video in Kaiser Permanente’s YouTube channel talks about how to remain sun safe, with tips about everything from wearing hats to protect one’s head and how often to apply sunscreen.