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• UMD Employee Wellness Home
• Health Improvement Program
• Farmer's Market at UMD
• Health Coaching
• Medication Therapy Management
• QuickCare Clinic
• Tobacco Smoking Cessation Program (TSCP)
• Wellness Resources
• Weight Watchers at Work
• Wellness Points Bank
• Archive of wellness initiatives

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Health Improvement Program (HIP)

The UMD HIP (Health Improvement Program) is one of UMD Employee Wellness Program's offerings in collaboration with the Employee Health & Wellness Center/Health Coaching. It is FREE and designed to help faculty and staff who are:

• looking for a safe and effective health behavior change program,
• striving to reach their optimal health, and
• looking to improve nutrition and exercise habits as well as stress management and overall wellness.

The program is based on a three-pronged approach which encompasses balanced nutrition, result producing exercise and positive behaviors that will lead to healthy and active lifestyles.

HIP Members will have access to weekly optional workshops which will include:

• comprehensive and easy to understand healthy eating and exercise guidelines from a qualified health educator, dietitian, and more
• group discussions that will build support, confidence, motivation, and the commitment to achieve a new healthy lifestyle.

Weekly workshops will help people stay on track and be accountable for good nutrition and exercise habits through presentations on various health topics and fitness activities. Parenting, stress management, financial management, cooking demos and other topics are also offered.

For a list of workshops, go to http://www.d.umn.edu/umdhr/Training/

UMD faculty, staff and their family members are welcome to join at anytime in this program.

Meeting is scheduled every Tuesday at 12:00 noon and lasts about 30-60 minutes. If you want to subscribe to the listserve and receive wellness newsletters or email notification, register at http://lists.d.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/umdhrhipmembers.

For more information about HIP, call 726-6753 or 726-7822.