Health and Wellness

In the fight against disease, the nation’s leading centers for disease prevention and control recommend a healthy lifestyle both at home and in the workplace. Read more about the Stanly Regional approach to fitness, education and a better way of life.

Healthy Directions Weight Management Program | Working to be Well | Passport to Fitness |

Healthy Directions, A Weight Management & Diabetes Prevention Program

Being overweight means more than a larger clothing size. Extra weight can cause serious health conditions. Consider this:

• Approximately 300,000 people a year die from obesity-related conditions.
• Being overweight can increase the incidence of certain types of cancer, including endometrial, colon, gall bladder, prostate, kidney and postmenopausal breast cancer.
• The risk of high blood pressure, stroke and diabetes increases with weight.

Healthy Directions is a program to help in your battle against fat and its negative impact upon your health. This six-week program includes:

• Six group sessions (meetings are held weekly in the Family and Education Center).
• Educational materials.
• An individual nutrition assessment by a Registered Dietitian.
• A workbook and pedometer for recording exercise.
• Long-term follow-up for one year is available, which includes monthly weight checks and educational classes.

Take your weight in the right direction. Registration for Healthy Directions is limited, so call (704) 984-4189 today to register or to learn more about the dates for upcoming classes.

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Working To Be Well

Stanly Regional Medical Center's wellness program, Working To Be Well, is designed to promote mental, spiritual and physical health among employees through education, prevention, early detection and better access to comprehensive health resources.

Whether it’s helping an employer with safety issues aimed at minimizing work-related injuries or providing on-site health programs to help minimize medical claims, Working To Be Well can meet the health and safety needs of the modern workplace.

Services include:

• Health promotion programs, including quarterly education classes.
• Yearly health screenings, including total cholesterol (HDL and LDL), blood glucose, blood pressure and body measurements (weight, height, waist and hip).
• A one-page company aggregate report (risk summary).
• A private lifestyle appraisal for each employee who chooses to join your program.
• Assistance in designing a wellness incentive program to fit your budget.
• Access to online wellness videos.
• Monthly newsletters for distribution.

Lifestyle Appraisals are designed to help employees identify certain behaviors that place them at risk for injury or illness due to lifestyle choices (smoking, obesity, inactivity, diabetes, etc.) and heredity. Our wellness program will help motivate your employees by giving them new tools for successful behavioral changes!

For more information about the Working to be Well Health Management Program, please call (704) 984-4556.

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Passport to Fitness

Funded by the Stanly Regional Medical Center Foundation and Duke Endowment, Passport to Fitness is a health promotion program aimed at decreasing childhood obesity by increasing activity levels and nutrition knowelfge. Each month, a special lesson on nutrition or physical activity is delivered to K-5 classrooms in the Stanly County Schools. Children are encouraged to participate in a variety of physical activites and to make healthy food choices.

To learn the BMI percentile for your child, click here.

If you have any questions about the Passport to Fitness program, please contact Bonnie Winecoff at (704) 984-4108.

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