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Win $500 in prizes by participating in healthy programs
Sure, MHealthy awards its participants with the gift of health. But in November,
we will also award six lucky benefits-eligible faculty and staff members with $500 in prizes, including travel vouchers, sporting and exercise equipment, gift cards and more. Get an automatic entry into our
November Grand Prize Drawings when you sign up and participate in an eligible healthy activity between July and October 2012:
- MHealthy Exercise & Relaxation classes
- MHealthy Weight Management
- Weight Watchers @ Work
- Summer Healthy Eating Series
- Fitness and nutrition consultations
- Physical activity and nutrition department level programs
- Active U Autumn 2012 (see below) and more
Get one entry for every eligible activity you participate in.
Learn more...
Coming soon – Active U Autumn registration opens Sept. 11
Athlete or not, we can all find inspiration in this summer’s London games.
Keep the momentum going through this fall and join Active U Autumn! Sign up as a team, couple or individual; get nutrition tips; and track your activity for six weeks online or with your smart phone.
All faculty, staff, students, employee spouses/Other Qualified Adults, and retirees can join! Register Sept. 11 – Oct. 8 and log activity Oct. 2 – Nov. 12.
We're also excited to announce that on September 19, we'll be hosting our first Torch Relay and MGames event in collaboration with Rec Sports and University Health Service! The relay will start at 11:30 a.m.
at two points on campus – Regents' Plaza and the Hospital Courtyard – ending at Palmer Field at noon just in time for the MGames to begin! Benefits-eligible faculty and staff who participate in these
fun activities will also have a chance to win $500 in prizes.
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MHealthy's three-year evaluation shows progress and improvements
MHealthy's three-year evaluation, conducted by the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research
(MICHR) and the Health Management Research Center, was completed recently using data derived from medical and pharmacy costs from 2008-2010 and Health Risk Appraisal data from 2009-2011. Some key findings:
Health Risk Prevalence is Declining:
This chart shows the percentage of HRA participants
considered to be at risk for each of nine different risk factors, ranked in decreasing order according to prevalence in 2009. With the exception of physical inactivity, the individual categories show improvement
from 2009 to 2011. Additional good news is that the number of individuals who are low risk overall is increasing and the number who are high risk is decreasing.
Absenteeism: Self-reported absenteeism due to illness decreased from 3.97 days per year to
3.74 days.
Total Health Care Costs: Combining medical and pharmacy costs to get "total health care costs,"
this chart shows rates of increase were significantly
greater for non-HRA participants as compared to the three-time HRA participants. Given the near equal baseline costs in 2008, this supports an association between HRA participation and improving cost
management (i.e. bending the trend).
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According to the U.S. Surgeon General, quitting smoking benefits both the
smoker and his/her family:
- Evidence indicates a 20-30% increase in the risk of lung cancer from secondhand smoke exposure associated with living with a smoker.
- Evidence indicates exposure to secondhand smoke increases risk of coronary heart disease and mortality among both men and women.
- Smoking is the number one reason for avoidable illness and death.
- Over 440,000 people die each year from smoking-related diseases. That's more than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car crash, fire, and AIDS deaths combined.
- Patients who smoke before surgery have twice the risk of infection of nonsmokers.
- Smoking slows healing after surgery.
MHealthy Tobacco Consultation Service provides confidential counseling and support for U-M faculty, staff, and spouses or Other
Qualified Adults who want to quit tobacco. Online, telephonic, and in-person programs are available. Benefits-eligible employees can get a $100 (before tax) incentive for completing a program and coverage for
generic over-the-counter (OTC) tobacco treatment products. Learn more at 734-998-6222 or quitsmoking@med.umich.edu.
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Fall Exercise & Relaxation Classes - Choose from more than 150 classes offered by MHealthy and U-Move Fitness, including yoga, strength training, body sculpting, and more. Classes begin in September.
Summer Healthy Eating - Join MHealthy in-person or online every Wednesday through the end of August for 30-minute sessions focused on a range of summer nutrition topics.
Torch Relay Run/Walk -
On Sept. 19, walk, jog or wheel alongside U-M leaders, faculty, staff and students as they make their way through campus for this 30-minute event that ends at the MGames Field Day.
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