Staff Wellness
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DoDEA highly values the health and well-being of every staff member and plans and implement activities and policies that support personal efforts by staff to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Each district/school establishes and maintains a staff wellness committee.
Staff wellness programs provide opportunities for the school faculty to engage in a wide variety of leisure time physical activities geared to adult interests and fitness readiness as well as nutrition education, physical fitness education, stress management and weight management.

Contact Us

Contact Information:
DoDEA Health and Wellness Program
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22350-1400

DoDEA Health and Wellness Program: Other Partners

  • Dietary Guidelines for America: US Department of Agriculture

  • The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition is a committee of volunteer citizens who advise the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services about opportunities to develop accessible, affordable and sustainable physical activity, fitness, sports and nutrition programs for all Americans regardless of age, background or ability. The Council's mission is to engage, educate and empower all Americans to adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity and good nutrition. For more information about the Council and its members, visit www.fitness.gov. In addition to its presidential advisory role, the Council promotes and maintains the President's Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Awards program (President's Challenge) which encourages all Americans to include physical activity - 30 minutes per day for adults and 60 minutes per day for youth - in their daily lives. For more information about the President's Challenge programs, visit www.presidentschallenge.org.

  • CPMS Wellness Website for Civilian employees

  • Site to the OPM Healthy Recipe challenge idea - there are a few DoDEA employees who participated and received honorable mention - www.fedsgetfit.gov/RecipeChallenge/Recipes.aspx

  •  Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) "Ask the dietician" site: www.commissaries.com/healthy_living/dietitian/