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January is Healthy Weight Month. Each month, HPW focuses on a primary health topic with some months also having a supplemental secondary topic. All topics include resources to help promote health and wellness among Sailors, Marines, and their families.
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January 2015
January is Healthy Weight Month
(November 15, 2012) Sailors attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2)
conduct a physical fitness assessment at Naval Station San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob D. Wiley/Released).
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/thumbnails/thumb_121115-N-PB045-052.jpg.
American adults are battling weight issues at an alarming rate. Nearly 70
percent of those age 20 and older are considered overweight or obese.1 The
military population is waging a similar fight against excessive body weight.
According to the 2013 Fleet and Marine Corps Health Risk Assessment
Annual Report, 64 percent of active duty Navy and 56 percent of active duty
Marine respondents indicated being overweight or obese.2 Extra pounds can
decrease quality of life and increase health problems such as heart disease,
diabetes, stroke, and some types of cancer. For service members, exceeding
body composition assessment (BCA) standards can also negatively affect
one’s career and be an impediment to readiness. Maintaining a healthy
weight is critical for the military mission and resilience. The Navy and Marine
Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW)
Department is dedicated to helping Sailors and Marines start the new year
off right by making healthy food choices and engaging in regular exercise to
lose weight and keep it off.
NMCPHC Launches Wounded,
Ill, and Injured Website
NMCPHC recently announced the launch of its redesigned and enhanced Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW) Wounded, Ill, and Injured (WII) website.
The website offers information,
resources, and tools to support the
healing, rehabilitation, recovery, and
resilience of wounded, ill, or injured
Sailors and Marines.
NMCPHC reorganized the website into 15 primary topic areas and created more than 100 new resources, tools, and materials to meet the information and resource needs of WII members. Health and wellness topics align with the priorities outlined in the National Prevention Strategy, including active living, healthy eating, tobacco free living, injury and violence free living, psychological and emotional well-being, and substance use and misuse.
Additional focus areas address critical issues facing WII service members as well as those who support and assist them during the recovery and transition process, such as caregiver support, relationships and intimacy, life after an amputation, traumatic brain injury, weight management, integrative and complementary medicine, case management, post-traumatic stress disorder, and sleep.
Please contact our Partnership Team with any questions you may have.
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Resources You Can Use Please consider distributing the following resources to your audiences
throughout the month of January. If you reuse or reproduce any of these
materials, we request you please include the following attribution:
"Content courtesy of the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center's
Health Promotion and Wellness Department” and email to let us know so
that we may track the reach of our materials.
Guide: Tracker to Identify Your Food Triggers
Understanding the factors that contribute to eating habits can be challenging. Click here for a guide to track hunger, food intake, and mood.
Fact Sheet: Dietary Supplements
Dietary supplements are meant to supplement the diet. They are not meant to replace healthy eating and exercise. In some cases, they may even be cause for concern. Check out HPW’s fact sheets on How Healthy are Dietary Supplements? and How Safe are Dietary Supplements? to learn more.
Fact Sheet: Weigh the Facts
Between fad diets and false advertising, there is a lot of misinformation out there about weight loss. Click here for a fact sheet that will help identify the best strategies for healthy and effective weight loss.
Fact Sheet: Eating with Food in Mind
Focusing on what and how we eat can assist in changing thoughts and behaviors related to food. Click here for information and tips on mindful eating. Learn how to enjoy the taste of eating right!
Fact Sheet: Size Up Your Servings
Ever wonder what the correct serving size of your favorite food looks like? Use this fact sheet to estimate healthy servings without using a scale or measuring cup.
Fact Sheet: Can You Feel the Burn? How Moderate Activity Contributes to Your Fitness
Increasing the amount of moderate physical activity is one way to burn calories. Click here to learn tips on how to burn extra calories throughout the day and the role of exercise and nutrition in overall health.
Additional HPW Resources
Check out all the other resources available to you! These innovative and evidence-based health promotion and wellness resources and services were developed to facilitate readiness and resilience, prevent illness and injury, hasten recovery, and promote lifelong healthy behaviors and lifestyles for Sailors and Marines.
HPW Homepage
HPW Partnership Factsheet
HP Toolbox
Archived Webinars
Reproducible Materials
To learn how our programs
can help your service
members, please visit our
January Health Promotion
Toolbox.
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Infographic: The Challenge of Obesity: A Path to a Healthier You
Do you want to present information on obesity in a graphic format designed to make the data easily understandable at a glance? Click here for HPW’s infographic with statistics, risk factors, and tips!
Social Media Messages The following social media messages will direct you to resources for Sailors and Marines. Please feel free to use the messages below to post to your local social media channels and share with your audiences. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Pinterest!
Social media message 1:
The ability to achieve or maintain a healthy weight is often attributed to actions like exercise and dietary changes, but successful weight loss also includes psychological aspects such as understanding incentives and barriers. http://go.usa.gov/t4eQ
Social media message 2:
Start a friendly competition with a friend: grab a pedometer or download an app and see who can log the
most steps today. #Challenge4Health
Social media message 3:
Looking to shed light on obesity? The Challenge of Obesity Infographic is a great way to share important information about obesity and healthy weight! http://go.usa.gov/t4t5
Social media message 4:
Read the nutrition label for everything you eat today, and limit foods high in calories, saturated fat, sodium, and sugar. Learn more about nutrition facts. #Challenge4Health http://go.usa.gov/t4tV
Social media message 5:
Do you know your Body Mass Index (BMI)? If not, use this calculator to learn your BMI! http://go.usa.gov/t4tH
Contact us if your organization would like to collaborate with us on social media messages or if you would like us to share your messages on our Facebook page.
You asked and we listened. NMCPHC is pleased to announce the launch of our official Twitter account! Follow @NMCPHC (https://twitter.com/NMCPHC) for great healthy living tips and resources!
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Partnership News Maintaining a healthy weight requires an all hands on deck approach. That is why NMCPHC partners with other military organizations to support Sailors and Marines. Operation Live Well: New Year, New You!
It’s the New Year and while you’re making your resolutions, take some time
to think about your health. Operation Live Well offers a comprehensive
approach to health and wellness, emphasizing proper nutrition, physical
activity, mental wellness, tobacco-free living, and appropriate sleep habits.
Click here to learn more about the 2015 New Year, New You initiative!
OPNAV N171: Food Everywhere – Too Many Choices!
Navy Operational Stress Control (OSC) recently posted a blog on the many
factors that influence our food choices, where “mindful eating” comes into
play, and how to improve healthy eating habits. Click here to read the
informative blog post.
Webinar Calendar We host monthly healthy living webinars for health educators and other health professionals to create awareness of the health promotion and prevention resources, tools, and programs offered by the NMCPHC HPW Department to motivate healthy behaviors.
For many of our webinars we offer continuing education credit hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES). If you are interested in attending one of our webinars, click here for registration details.
References 1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2013: With Special Feature on Prescription Drugs. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm. Published May 2014. Accessed 15 November 2014.
2 EpiData Center Department, Navy Marine Corps Public Health Center. Fleet and Marine Corps Health Risk Assessment 2013. http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/Documents/health-promotion-wellness/general-tools-and-programs/HRA2013-annual-report.pdf. Published 2014. Accessed January 2015.
Date Webinar Title Time
18 February 2015 Heart Health 1130 - 1300
Upcoming Training
Our education and training courses equip Navy and Marine Corps command personnel with the tools, programs, and interventions to implement at the local command level. To learn more, visit our Health Promotion training page.
Contact Us
Please let us know how we can
help highlight your resources
for service members, veterans,
families, and health
professionals. We welcome
your feedback and suggestions,
and look forward to continued
collaboration with your
organization.
