Our Initiative

Our College participates in PEIA Pathways to Wellness and is part of WVU Employee Wellness.

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Health Screening

HRE employees can register now for the worksite (Allen Hall) health screening scheduled for September 16, 2008.

This optional employee wellness activity is made available through our participation in PEIA Pathways to Wellness.

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Pedometer Juice

Summer is a great time for walking (safely)! The pedometer you received through our programming can help you take credit for all those steps, but is it out of juice? If so, get a replacement by visiting Rosemary in the Dean's Office.

As one upcoming activity, we hope to offer again the Stepping Stones Pedometer Program with some fun competition and prizes.

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Hearing Screening

WHAT? Now HEAR This: Free Hearing Screenings (4/29-5/1) for HRE Faculty/Staff

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Stairway to Health

• Some employees have reached new heights in March by clicking to health!
• We are working physical activity into our workday and lifestyle.
• Which group first will reach a mean of 500 flights? (!FIVE ALIVE WINS!)

• Greatest challenge to eating healthy was "time" (may also be true for physical activity)
• Close to one-half want to lose weight
• Greatest interest for future programs: weight control, walking, and stress management

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  Resources on Nutrition & Physical Activity
  
  
• On-Line Nutrition and Physical Activity Tools
• Pedometer Borrow by HRE Faculty/Staff (Why use a pedometer?)
  • Walking, Steps, & Calories
• Compendium of Physical Actvities and using it to calculate calories burned.
• Evansdale Walking Routes (read first, walk safely, click on images to enlargen)
  • Evansdale Loop (~2600 steps, 1.35 mi)
  • Rec Center/Parking Lot 47 (~2000 steps, 1 mi)
  • Allen Hall Switchback Trail (your "free" gym) (~1000 steps, 1/2 mi)
• Step Equivalents of Physical Activities

Precautions Concerning Physical Activity and Walking

• Before increasing your physical activity level, it is best to check first with your physician (see PAR-Q and You)
• Walking safely tips

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Page last updated by Jim Rye on 7/16/08