{"id":56682,"date":"2016-09-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/09\/16\/register-today-for-the-ehealth-challenge\/"},"modified":"2016-09-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T05:00:00","slug":"register-today-for-the-ehealth-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/09\/16\/register-today-for-the-ehealth-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Register today for the eHealth Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interested in a healthier lifestyle? <\/p>\n

Start today and register for the WELLCOM eHealth Challenge<\/a>, a comprehensive, six-week program designed to create healthier lifestyles through improved stress management, physical activity\/motion, nutrition, sleep, encouragement and knowledge.<\/p>\n

All UNMC employees and students are invited to participate in the challenge, which begins Monday.<\/p>\n

There is a $25 participation fee, but UNMC is subsidizing half of the cost, so employees and students pay only $12.50 for the six-week session, which begins Sept. 19 and runs through Oct 30. Participants can pay $12.50 with cash or checks (made out to UNMC) at the Center for Healthy Living.<\/b><\/p>\n

The challenge is designed to help UNMC employees and students adopt healthier habits and achieve their individual health goals. It also supports three areas reported as being the most prevalent, modifiable health risk behaviors in the past year’s UNMC Wellstream health risk assessment. As a result, the UNMC Wellness Committee is focused on boosting the number of employees who report that they:<\/p>\n