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- [Zach] 200 applied, 70 were selected, 12 were submitted,

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but only three in the Regional Health Command,

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Atlantic Provisional, were granted the System for Health

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Incentive Award.

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In a collaborative effort with Winn Army Community Hospital

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staff, nurses, and clinics, Winn was one of three

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to receive the gold status for the SHI award

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of 80 to $100,000.

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To initiate getting the award, Winn had to submit a

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proposal to the Public Health Command about the

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Be Fit Forever program, which initially began in 2012.

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- We developed a tool that incorporated the performance

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triad with nutrition, exercise, and sleep, and we put it

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^into a pilot process into the community.

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- [Zach] After six weeks of using the Healthy Habits tool,

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the focus group who participated in the program

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saw a decrease in body fat by two to four percent.

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Supervisory dietician for Winn Nutrition Clinic,

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Raleighetta Varnedoe, said they look at the reasons

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why children are becoming more obese.

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- What we're trying to do is introduce the families

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and the children to a new way of eating, because what

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^they're doing right now is not exactly where they need

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^to be, so we look at nutrition as one of the pivotal roles

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^in the wellness.

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- [Zach] Since 2013, the Winn Nutrition Care division

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has involved the family and children with the hopes

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that the children will serve as a trickle-up effect

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to their parents.

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- Hopefully, with what we're able to provide with that

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money, it will benefit not only the family, but benefit

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the world because these children are going to go out

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into the world, and by teaching them now how to eat

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more healthy, will benefit them later on.

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- [Zach] Deputy Commander, Medical Services, Lieutenant

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Colonel Prentice Price stressed the importance of

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teaching children at the ground level healthy eating,

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sleeping, and exercise habits.

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- Army medicine's number one priority is readiness,

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^and the Be Fit Forever program is an enabler of readiness

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^for both our soldiers and their families.

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- [Zach] Price is please with the accomplishments

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of the team.

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- And together as a team, we came together, highlighted the

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program, did an obesity kickoff, got staff engaged,

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got our parents engaged, got our children engaged,

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and had a successful program.

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This award is just proof of that.

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- [Zach] Proof that matters.

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For Winn Army Community Hospital, Public Affairs,

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I'm Zach Rehnstrom.