Heart health: Stay ahead of the beat

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  • By Sierra Rankin
  • CHPS Program Manager Assistant

The Civilian Health Promotion Services program’s “Stay ahead of the beat - check your heart health” campaign raises awareness and provides civilians tools and resources needed to maintain a healthy heart.

The campaign highlights heart health through wellness screenings, education, and engagement. CHPS offers quick and simple screenings to check cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure, helping participants monitor key health indicators. Also, CHPS offers body composition analysis with the InBody, a quick and non-invasive tool providing detailed insights into muscle and fat distribution.

To support heart health, CHPS provides health education classes on key topics like nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle changes to reduce heart disease risk. The campaign also features a Heart Health Mini Wellness Challenge, encouraging participants to engage in CHPS activities and other heart healthy behaviors to earn an incentive award. The mini challenge is on the home page when logging into the Wellness portal.

Participants can earn four levels of incentives for completing activities in the wellness portal associated with the mini challenge. Including site-focused activities such as cardiac risk profile and blood pressure screenings, along with opportunities to join Wear Red Day, Feb. 7. Look forward to the Rainbow Pop-Up event March 3-7, where participants can bring their favorite fruit or vegetable to the CHPS office for an incentive or wear the color of their favorite produce.

For more information, visit www.USAFwellness.com, contact CHPSsupport@us.af.mil or call 883-8024.