Healthy weight
Maintaining a healthy weight can help turn your health – and your life – around. A healthy weight can lower your risk of developing serious health problems, boost your mood and your energy, and make you feel good about yourself.
Healthy weight benefits:
- Boost your energy
- Improve your sleep
- Lower your blood pressure
- Lower your LDL (“bad”) cholesterol
- Lower your risk of heart disease
- Help you feel better about yourself
We encourage you to use the many resources we offer to help you achieve your healthy living goals.
- Calculate your body mass index (BMI) to learn your ideal healthy weight.
- Center for Healthy Living. Sign up for an online healthy eating, exercise, and behavior-change programs to get personalized recommendations and coaching to help you succeed.
- ChooseHealthy. Get fitness club discounts, savings on health products and services, exercise and nutrition planners and more, all at no additional cost to you through your health plan.
- Every Body Walk! Find walking groups, hiking maps, and other resources to keep you moving. Download the Every Body Walk! app to track your steps.
- Health classes. We’ve got just the right class to help you lose weight, quit smoking, manage stress and more. Just walk, jog, run (OK, you can drive) to your local medical center
- Wellness coach. A free session with a wellness coach is just a phone call away. Want to lose weight? Eat healthier? Quit smoking? Call toll-free 1-866-862-4295 to get started.
By Betty Shen, MD - Published November 3, 2015