Act Healthy Enrollment is Open Again. Sign Up Now!
Ever wanted to: start a new healthy behavior and stick with it; be more active; manage stress better; improve your diet; lower your blood pressure or cholesterol; lower your blood sugar?

One hundred MU employees enrolled in Act Healthy in June. We are now enrolling 100 additional people. This project is a research study for MU employees sponsored by Healthy for Life: T.E. Atkins UM Wellness Program.

Research participants will be eligible to receive a total of $40 in gift cards. Individuals in the treatment group will attend 6 group meetings over the lunch hour.  For more information, see the flier and view the study consent form. If you wish to sign up for the study after reading the consent form, register for an orientation meeting by visiting www.regonline.com/acthealthyorientationmeetingfall2013. The last day to sign up is October 3. Group meetings will start the following week. Contact Mary Clark, RN, with questions at (573)884-1439 or clarkmj@umsystem.edu.

Learn more about the exciting new Culture of Health Initiative
The Culture of Health Council invites the Healthy for Life Wellness Ambassadors and ALL interested faculty and staff to find out more about the Culture of Health Initiative on September 24^th from 12-1pm in Memorial Union, N214/215.  Find out how to bring wellness into the workplace! Dr. Lynn Rossy, Health Psychologist for Healthy for Life, will be showing a brief presentation. Please RSVP by emailing wellness@umsystem.edu.

When:  Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Where: Memorial Union, N 214/215 (Benton/Bingham Ballroom)

Time:  12-1pm

Learn more about the Culture of Health

Lower your stress in just 8 weeks – Sign up Now!
Helping employees manage stress effectively is a key goal of Healthy for Life. The wellness program offers eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction classes at minimal cost to employees looking to manage today's busy lifestyles in a healthy way. This is an 8–week class teaching meditation, yoga and other mind-body techniques for managing stress.  Cost:  $40 for faculty, staff, retirees, and spouses/partners. Attend 7 of 8 classes and receive $20 rebate.

Orientation: Wednesday, September 25 (Memorial Union) at 5:30 p.m.
Class: Wednesdays (October 2-November 20) 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Retreat: Saturday, November 16 (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)

Program taught by Dr. Lynn Rossy. 

Register by contacting Craig Deken at csdk89@mail.missouri.edu.

Don’t eat when you’re not hungry. Register for Fall Eat for Life Program– In Person or Online.
Discover the benefits of this innovative approach to weight management through Healthy for Life’s Eat for Life course.  This 10-week program uses mind-body practices (meditations and yoga), the principles of mindful and intuitive eating, skills training, and group support to guide you in making lifestyle changes that will help you create a healthier relationship to your food, mind, and body. If you have a history of chronic dieting, have rigid “healthy” rules about eating, or find yourself eating when you’re stressed, bored, or unhappy, this may be the program for you. 

For more information: watch informational videos

In Person Class:

Orientation: Tuesday, September 24, 5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.  
Class: Tuesdays, October 1 – December 10, 5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.  
Cost: $50 for faculty, staff, retirees, and partners/spouses ($25 rebate with full participation); $180 for community members

Online Class:

Online Orientation: week of September 27
Online Class: week of October 4 – week of December 6
Online Class Registration Deadline: September 23
Cost: $50 for faculty, staff and family members ($25 rebate with full participation); $180 for community members

Program is taught by health psychologist, Dr. Lynn Rossy.

Register by emailing Craig Deken Deken at csdk89@mail.missouri.edu

Join the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in the Miracle Marathon
Miracle Marathon is a 27.2-day virtual fundraising campaign in which we ask you to run, walk or achieve forward motion one mile per day throughout October. Starting Oct. 1 and concluding Oct. 27, Miracle Marathon challenges you to get out, get moving and give back — all to help kids in your community. 

Miracle Marathon isn’t your typical marathon, because anyone can participate! Whenever it’s convenient, you can run, walk, bike, skip, scoot or just move one mile, every day, for 27 days. Even better, you can participate as a family, with friends, as a company or by yourself — whatever works best for you! It’s a marathon, plus an extra mile, “for the kids.” 

The official Miracle Marathon website is now available at MiracleMarathon.org and includes registration information, fundraising tips and inspirational messages as well as a personal donation page and blog for you to track your progress and share your stories.

Ever wanted to start a new healthy behavior and stick with it?

Do you want to:

•be more active?

•manage stress better?

•improve your diet?

•lower your blood pressure or cholesterol?

•lower your blood sugar?

Did you hear about the Act Healthy project this past summer? One hundred MU employees enrolled in Act Healthy in June. We are now enrolling 100 additional people. This project is a research study for MU employees sponsored by Healthy for Life: T.E. Atkins UM Wellness Program.

Research participants will be eligible to receive a total of $40 in gift cards. Individuals in the treatment group will attend 6 group meetings over the lunch hour.  Group meetings will be held in the following locations on campus:  Ellis Library, University Hospital, Women and Children's Hospital area, Agricultural Engineering Building on Rollins St., and Woodrail Center on Nifong and Forum.  For more information, see the flier and view the study consent form. If you wish to sign up for the study after reading the consent form, register for an orientation meeting by visiting www.regonline.com/acthealthyorientationmeetingfall2013. The last day to sign up is October 3. Group meetings will start the following week. Contact Mary Clark, RN, with questions at (573)884-1439 or clarkmj@umsystem.edu.