Why is weight management important?
The USDA, at www.choosemyplate.gov, says that a healthy body weight helps you feel and look better. And, reaching a healthier body weight is good for your overall health and well being. If you are overweight or obese, you have a risk of developing many diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some types of cancer.
WYhealth Healthy Habits offers no cost programs tailored to you:
- Back in Whack Nutrition and Exercise Program for Youth
- FitLogix for Adults
- 12 Health Habits is done on your own with the choice of help from a care manager
- QuitFit will help you quit smoking and lose weight
Back in Whack Nutrition and Exercise Program
(click here for testimonials from families engaged in Back in Whack)
Back in Whack includes speaking with a nurse to learn about healthy foods and ways to become active. The program has active learning with activities and fun tools.
The Back in Whack Youth Home Pack has twelve 20 minute videos (DVDs) for children and parents to watch together, fun activities, food charts, measuring cups and more.
If a child/teen finishes all of the sessions, they get bonus activities, materials, and prizes as incentives.
The Back in Whack program was developed from the experts in nutrition and pediatrics including the American Academy of Pediatrics, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the Expert Committee Recommendations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity, among others.
If you want more information about the program, call 1.888.545.1710.
FITLOGIX
FitLogix offers activity and nutrition segments, equipment to help track fitness and weight progress, and planned coaching calls to encourage, educate, and support healthy lifestyle changes. Participants will work with coaches to choose a program that best fits their individual health needs.
FitLogix includes:
- 52 Healthy Steps – lesson sections completed throughout the year
- Thirteen (13) planned coaching calls to encourage, educate and support healthy lifestyle changes
- An activity meter
- An activity log
- A free digital scale
- A personal online dashboard to track information gathered from the monitoring devices
- A mobile app (iPhone, Android) for displaying the online dashboard
You can earn money when you finish certain parts of the program.
If you want more information about the program, call 1.888.545.1710.
The WYhealth 12 Healthy Habits Program will help you reach your ideal weight by learning 12 healthy habits. Each week you will focus on a different healthy habit. We will also have a topic on the mental side of weight loss to address some of the challenges to taking action and help you figure out ways that will help you implement the healthy habits into your life.
| The 12 Healthy Habits are as follows: |
Healthy Habit #1: Identify your base line health status; what motivates you for a healthy weight
Healthy Habit #2: Set realistic goals
Healthy Habit #3: Identify current eating habits
Healthy Habit #4: Portion control
Healthy Habit #5: Eat healthy proteins
Healthy Habit # 6: Eat healthy carbohydrates
Healthy Habit #7: Limit the number of fats and empty calories
Healthy Habit #8: Drink lots of water
Healthy Habit #9: Increase your activity
Healthy Habit #10: Manage your stress
Healthy Habit #11: Identify a support person or group
Healthy Habit #12: Evaluate your progress
Wyoming QuitFit Program
Smoking & Overweight Medicaid patients have a special opportunity!
A combined program helps you quit smoking while not gaining any weight. This no cost program is limited to the first 50 qualified participants.
68% of participants have lost weight!
30% of participants have lost 5% of their body weight!
Call 1-888-545-1710 or email [email protected] with questions or to enroll in any of these programs.