Our Initiative

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

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October Is Protect Your Hearing Month

Now read this: Noise-induced Hearing Loss and Tips for Prevention (Source: American Academy of Audiology)

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Register for September Health Screening

HRE employees can register now for the worksite (Allen Hall) health screening scheduled 9/16/08

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

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Pedometer Juice

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

As one upcoming activity during 2008-09, we hope to offer again the Stepping Stones Pedometer Program with some fun competition and prizes.

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• 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 9/4/08