Tufts Health Plan and Radio Disney Brought Magic of Healthy Living to Pawtucket
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Tufts Health Plan and Radio Disney AM 1260 celebrated Disney's Magic of Health Living tour in Pawtucket on August 17.
Disney's Magic of Healthy Living
The tour is an interactive road show designed to encourage children and their families to lead healthier lives.
At each event, the Radio Disney Road Crew and Tufts Health Plan team members will be on-site with interactive entertainment, prizes focused on being healthy and staying active and music from current artists.
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Attendees will be able to take the Tufts Health Plan Start Strong Pledge, indicating how they plan to lead a healthy lifestyle. Pledge participants will be entered into a grand prize drawing.
Disney's Magic of Healthy Living is a company-wide initiative that partners with parents and kids to inspire families to lead healthier lifestyles by making nutritious eating and physical activity simple and fun. For more information, please visit here.
Upcoming tour dates and locations
Cambridge Carnival – Sunday, September 7, 12-2 p.m.
Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women – Monday, October 13, 9-11 a.m.
Boston Common Parade Grounds – 0 Charles St, Boston, MA
Related Slideshow: New England’s Healthiest States 2013
The United Health Foundation recently released its 2013 annual reoprt: America's Health Rankings, which provides a comparative state by state analysis of several health measures to provide a comprehensive perspective of our nation's health issues. See how the New England states rank in the slides below.
Definitions
All Outcomes Rank: Outcomes represent what has already occurred, either through death, disease or missed days due to illness. In America's Health Rankings, outcomes include prevalence of diabetes, number of poor mental or physical health days in last 30 days, health disparity, infant mortality rate, cardiovascular death rate, cancer death rate and premature death. Outcomes account for 25% of the final ranking.
Determinants Rank: Determinants represent those actions that can affect the future health of the population. For clarity, determinants are divided into four groups: Behaviors, Community and Environment, Public and Health Policies, and Clinical Care. These four groups of measures influence the health outcomes of the population in a state, and improving these inputs will improve outcomes over time. Most measures are actually a combination of activities in all four groups.
Diabetes Rank: Based on percent of adults who responded yes to the question "Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes?" Does not include pre-diabetes or diabetes during pregnancy.
Smoking Rank: Based on percentage of adults who are current smokers (self-report smoking at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoke).
Obesity Rank: Based on percentage of adults who are obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or higher.
Source: http://www.americashealthrankings.org/
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