A Matter of Health, Connecting Work & Life Newsletter

February> Wellness Wise

THE WAY TO WELLNESS

Get a Helping Hand with your Resolutions

If you’re like most people, there are aspects of your health you’d like to improve. From losing weight to stressing less or quitting smoking, there’s a good chance you made a New Year’s resolution related to your well-being. Fortunately, the Living Well Health Manager, powered by WebMD, can make accomplishing your goals easier. 

To get your helping hand, visit www.webmdhealth.com/ut and register or log into the site. Then complete the confidential HealthQuotient (HQ) to get a clear understanding of your health status. In just about 15 minutes, you’ll learn so much about your health – and you’ll get some great ideas about how to accomplish your wellness-related goals through simple, effective steps. You may even become eligible to work with your own health coach – a service that people pay hundreds of dollars for, but is available to you at no cost.   

Once you register and complete HQ, you’ll have access to a number of proven tools and programs that can be customized to meet your unique needs. There are step-by-step Lifestyle Improvement Programs, Health Management Centers on topics that interest you, dependable news and information, and much more.

The Living Well Health Manager is available to all employees, retirees, and dependents over the age of 18 who are UT SELECT members. Give yourself a boost this year by registering at www.webmdhealth.com/ut and taking advantage of a wellness program that’s proven to work. Make 2012 the year you accomplish your health goals!

Resources Available to You and your Dependents:

• What are your Health Goals? The Living Well Health Manager powered by WebMD HealthQuotient (HQ) helps you identify your personal health risks, provides recommendations for improving those risks, and informs you of the easy-to-use tools to help make healthy lifestyle changes. Complete the WebMD HQ, go to www.webmdhealth.com/ut.
  
  
• Stress Management Lifestyle Improvement Program teaches you about how stress can affect your life and gives you tools and tips for managing and reducing the impact it has on your health. Learn more at our Living Well Health Manager powered by WebMD.
  
  
• Lifestyle Improvement Programs gives you the support and tools you need to stop smoking, eat healthier, manage your weight, improve your fitness, and even manage stress. Learn more at our Living Well Health Manager powered by WebMD.
  
  
• Emotional Health Lifestyle Improvement Program A positive mood is an important key to continued emotional health and well-being. Changing your lifestyle to maintain a positive mood takes time and real effort. But, with the help of this program, you can do it. And it's worth it: Achieving and maintaining a positive mood can help you lead your daily life with more happiness and well-being, improve your immune system, help prevent illness, reduce stress, and help you stay mentally sharp.
  
  This program contains valuable information about simple but effective techniques that can really help you keep your mood up and your depression risks as low as possible. Learn more at our Living Well Health Manager powered by WebMD.