Category: Nutritional Wellness
Nutritional wellness is the ability to take in and utilize any food material to get the proper nourishment that a person needs. This involves a person’s ability to adequately study the different food groups and assess the different portions that are required for an individual. Overall, having nutritional wellness is the starting point that needs to be achieved in order to succeed in other areas of wellness.
March Madness Wellness Committee Challenge
The Wellness Committee has created another March Madness Challenge for faculty/staff to complete.
This challenge can be completed by picking activities from 4 different categories and completing them, then choose which activity you would like to advance to the next round.
Completed challenges must be emailed to wellness@uwgb.edu by April 12th, 2024 to receive a prize.
If you are enrolled in the State Group Health Insurance complete this challenge as part as your well-being credit for the $150 incentive!
Follow these instructions to report your completion for your well-being activity – Report completion for Well-being credit – March. Make sure to select Physical Activity in Step 7!
Well Wisconsin Radio: Let’s Navigate Diet Trends
If you are looking for well-being tips and advice from local experts, Well Wisconsin Radio is the podcast for you!
January 2024 Episode: Navigating Diet Trends
If you are focusing on healthy eating habits in the new year, don’t miss this episode on navigating diet trends. Get advice from a registered dietitian on identifying credible nutrition information from fad diets. During this interview with Mackenzie Burke, RD and lifestyle coach from UW Health, explore popular weight loss diets including keto, intermittent fasting, intuitive eating, Mediterranean, MIND, flexitarian and more.
NOTE to those eligible for the 2024 Well Wisconsin Incentive – Listening to two episodes of Well Wisconsin Radio from season 3, dated November 2023 and later, will qualify for well-being activity credit.
Annual Benefits & Wellness Fair
Mark your calendar to attend the Annual UW-Green Bay Employee Benefits &
Wellness Fair!
When: Thursday, September 28, 2023
Time: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Where: University Union Phoenix Room, Green Bay campus
Please stop by to talk about your benefits and wellness to get helpful information as you consider options for the Annual Benefit Enrollment period. We’ll have refreshments too! This year’s Annual Benefits Enrollment period is September 25th to October 20th.
Representatives from the following organizations will be looking forward to talking with you during the fair:
- Common Ground (Health Insurance)
- Dean Prevea (Health Insurance)
- Network (Health Insurance)
- Robin by HealthPartners (Health Insurance)
- UnitedHealthcare (Health Insurance for Retirees)
- Optum (Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts)
- Securian (Life Insurance)
- Zurich (Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance)
- HealthChoice (Long-Term Care Insurance)
- Fidelity (Supplemental Retirement Program)
- TIAA (Supplemental Retirement Program)
- Wisconsin Deferred Compensation
- Edvest College Savings Plan
- Kepro (Employee Assistance Program)
- WebMD Well Wisconsin Program
- UW-System Benefits Counseling
- UW-Credit Union
- UW-Green Bay University Recreation
- UW-Green Bay Wellness Committee
- UW-Green Bay Office of Sustainability
- UW-Green Bay Safety & Environmental Management
Questions? Please contact us at hr@uwgb.edu or (920) 465-2390.
Daily Habits on WebMD App
Understanding Fad Diets Webinar
Register link HERE!Well Wisconsin Radio: Let’s Talk Sugar & Your Health
Well Wisconsin Radio podcast discusses topics of health and well-being from experts around the State of Wisconsin.
New June Episode: Sugar and Your Health with Emma Gellerstedt
Looking for advice and tips to cut back on sugar? Join for a conversation with Registered Dietitian, Emma Gellerstedt, where she talks about the health benefits experienced when we cut back on the amount of sugar in our diet. She shares creative ideas for taming a sweet tooth and eating balanced meal. Whether you have a goal to lose weight, make healthier food choices or be a healthy-eating role model for young ones in your life, this episode is for you. Hope you tune in!
Listen HERE!
March Madness Challenge Reminder
The Wellness Committee’s March Madness Challenge can be completed and submitted by March 31st to wellness@uwgb.edu. Please send your t-shirt size, as all participates will receive a t-shirt for completing the challenge.
Please visit our original blog post HERE.
Email wellness@uwgb.edu if you have any questions.
March Madness Challenge
The Wellness Committee has created a March Madness Challenge for faculty/staff to complete.
This Challenge can be completed by picking activities from 4 different categories and completing them, then choosing which activity you would like to advance to the next round.
Completed forms must be submitted to Wellness@uwgb.edu by March 31st. Please send your t-shirt size, as participants will receive a t-shirt.
If you have any questions, please email wellness@uwgb.edu.
PDF: March Madness Wellness Challenge_UWGB Wellness Committee.
Well Wisconsin Radio: Let’s Talk Hydration and Heart Health
February 2023 NEW EPISODE: Hydration and Heart Health with Becky Kerkenbush
Discover the role water plays in your body while gaining tips on staying hydrated and cutting back on sugar-sweetened beverages. Join host, Renee Fox, as she talks with Registered Dietitian, Becky Kerkenbush to learn more about hydration needs through the lifecycle. To celebrate American Heart Month, the conversation also focuses on cardiovascular health and ways to make improvements.
Listen HERE!
Note to those eligible for the 2023 Well Wisconsin inventive: Two episodes of Well Wisconsin Radio from season 2, dated November 2022 and later, will qualify for well-being activity credit.