CommonHealth Weekly Wellnote
How can your Virginia State Employee Wellness Program help? The CommonHealth programs and campaigns cover a variety of health topics and are available in a range of formats to meet the needs of different workplaces. Highly skilled wellness consultants provide the latest on stress, sleep, nutrition, exercise and more for faculty/staff meetings, special events, conferences, benefit fairs, safety meetings, lunch and learns, etc. They provide traditional, in-person presentations and displays as well as virtual presentations, on-demand videos and seasonal health-related challenges that are fun and engaging. Visit the website to see how CommonHealth can help you. If you’re looking to book an event in May, connect sooner rather than later to ensure you get a date that works for you.
Check out this week’s updates from CommonHealth.
- Stress can negatively impact our overall health and wellbeing. April is Stress Awareness Month; in recognition, state employee health insurance provider Kaiser Permanente is offering stress management tips, videos and information on how to track your stress patterns and record any symptoms you may be experiencing.
- Sugar is added to many of the foods and beverages we consume on a daily basis. Added sugar can be tricky to identify on a food label, though, and if you aren’t sure what to look for, you might miss it. While sugar can be naturally occurring and is needed for bodily functions, too much of it can lead to a multitude of problems. In fact, sugar can even cause a stress response in our bodies. CommonHealth’s Sweet Surrender program is an excellent resource — use it to help identify hidden sugar and reduce your overall intake.
- All benefits-eligible Commonwealth of Virginia employees, spouses and adult dependents (ages 18+) are eligible for the discounted WeightWatchers membership. Check out these yummy WeightWatchers-approved recipes that will help you reduce your sugar intake!
For questions regarding this week’s communication or the CommonHealth program, please reach out to your respective campus coordinator below:
- Alexandria – Kathy Clement or Najeeb Baha
- Annandale — Matthew “Tank” McCarl
- College Staff — Cecil “C.J.” Jackson
- Fairfax — Faith Redd Walker
- Loudoun — Kimberly T. Wright
- Manassas — ThuyTien Ngo-Nguyen
- Medical Education Campus (Springfield) — Beverly Tsikata
- Woodbridge — Dahlia Henry-Tett
Submitted by:
Faith Redd-Walker, Office of Employee Wellness and Wellbeing, employeewellbeing@nvcc.edu