What is Healthy U?
Under the umbrella of Cedar Crest’s Health Connection initiative, the Healthy U program is a health and wellness contest, of sorts, to encourage individuals to make healthy lifestyle changes such as eating better, exercising more, or losing weight. When you sign up for the program, which runs each semester, you are able select from among a few different options to tailor the program to your own needs. Both students and staff may participate in the program, although there are some minor differences in the rules. The goal of the contest is to amass points which are submitted on-line each month. You may earn points in many different categories such as for attending educational sessions sponsored by Healthy U, for calories burned through exercise, for pounds lost, or for setting and achieving goals. There are also points awarded for keeping an exercise log, for keeping a diary of what one eats, participating in ActivTrax, for eating five servings of fruits and vegetables in a day, or for d
