Introduction
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The goal of the Commissioned Corps Healthy Lifestyles Program is for every officer to understand the concepts of a healthy lifestyle and to implement a wellness-based lifestyle for themselves. |
Why Health Promotion?
As USPHS Commissioned Officers, we have the mission of health promotion and disease prevention for the American people. As public health professionals, Commissioned Corps officers should be leading the way in going beyond providing education on healthy behaviors to serving as real life examples of integrating healthy behaviors into everyday lives. Fifty percent of deaths and illness in the United States relate directly to unhealthy lifestyles—primarily poor diet, tobacco use, lack of physical activity, and unmanaged stress. As Commissioned Corps officers, we have made a decision to commit our careers to promoting and improving the public health of all Americans. We must also challenge ourselves to ensure that we garner the tremendous benefits of good health and healthy lifestyles. The “wellness” that results from embracing healthy behaviors can only enhance our ability to better meet our own professional and personal challenges.
Get Active Your Own Way, Every Day, For Life
A focus of the Commissioned Corps Healthy Lifestyle Program is regular physical activity throughout life. A key element of our Healthy Lifestyles program is working with local wellness committees that raise awareness of the importance of healthy lifestyle issues, disseminate general wellness information, serve as a resource to help solve specific local issues, and support policies that change workplace cultures and employee attitudes.
Related Resources
The U.S. Army War College Guide To Executive
Health and Fitness
(PDF
-1.5Mb)
Provides information to help senior leaders and executives face the
multiple challenges of achieving effective organizational performance
while optimizing their own performance by maintaining peak levels of
personal health and fitness.
State Contacts
A listing of individuals involved in existing or planned local
wellness activities at their work sites.
U.S. Navy Health Promotion*
Navy Environmental Health Center (NEHC)
U.S. Army Health
Promotion and Wellness (DHPW)*
United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM)
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Page last updated: May 22, 2007
Content Source: Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion