Lifestyle Change Programs
LIVE FOR LIFE
LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke's employee wellness program, offers a variety of programs and services, such as health assessments and education, smoking cessation programs, fitness activities and nutrition activities, to help eligible faculty, staff and family members reach their health and fitness goals.
If you have high blood pressure or cholesterol, it is important to manage it. The best strategy may be to make lifestyle changes — eating healthy, exercising regularly, controlling your weight and managing stress.
Pathways to Change
Pathways to Change is a targeted 12-month healthy lifestyle program for individuals who are at risk for health problems. These can include heart disease and/or stroke due to the presence of high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, a body mass index of 30 or more, or who have pre-diabetic conditions. The PATHWAYS TO CHANGE program is a stage-based program that works with participants to help them choose their path to improving their health by lowering their key risk factors.
Steps to Health
Steps to Health is an incentive program offered by LIVE FOR LIFE that focuses primarily on helping you achieve measurable health results and rewards you for achieving your health goal. Through the Steps to Health program, you will have the opportunity to make realistic and measurable changes to your health by creating a step-by-step plan for healthier living with guidance from a LIVE FOR LIFE staff member.
Your Weigh…Together
LIVE FOR LIFE's fun and educational weight management program, "Your Weigh...Together," can help you achieve a healthy balance between food and activity to achieve the weight you want.
As a participant, you'll receive:
- 10 weeks of professionally delivered sessions
- Group and individual support
- An online food and activity tracking tool, meal plans, workbook, digital pedometer, and more
The cost of the program is $75, but the cost is refunded if participants attend eight of the 10 weekly sessions. Beginning January 25th, the 10-week program will be held from noon to 1 p.m. each Friday at Duke North. Pre-registration is required.
To learn more and complete a self assessment, visit a free information session from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. January 11th in the Duke North, room 1103. To register for the program or for more information contact Kelly LeSage by email or calling (919) 681-0526.