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Healthiest State Initiative Names Top Iowa Priorities

By on November 10, 2012

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT BURLINGTON IS ONCE AGAIN IN THE RUNNING TO BECOME A BLUE-ZONE DEMONSTRATION SITE, A PROGRAM BY WHICH THE CITY AND SURROUNDING AREA CAN RECEIVE MONEY FROM WELLMARK-BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD TO DEVELOP HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAMS. AT THE SAME TIME, IOWA’S HEALTHIEST STATE INITIATIVE HAS ANNOUNCED ITS TOP-5 PRIORITIES FOR MAKING THE STATE’S RESIDENTS THE HEALTHIEST IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY ARE: DECREASING THE NUMBER OF IOWANS WHO SMOKE…INCREASING CONSUMPTION OF FRUITS & VEGETABLES TO FIVE-OR-MORE SERVINGS DAILY AT LEAST FOUR DAYS A WEEK…INCREASING THE NUMBER OF IOWANS WHO ARE LEARNING SOMETHING NEW OR INTERESTING EVERY DAY…INCREASING THE NUMBER OF IOWANS WHO HAVE VISITED THE DENTIST IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS…AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF WORKING IOWANS WHO FEEL THEIR BOSS TREATS THEM LIKE A PARTNER AT WORK.