UnitedHealthcare Provides Biometric Screenings to 2015 Ton of Fun Weight Loss Challenge Participants

photo caption: More than 25 participants took part in the first of three biometric screenings provided by UnitedHealthcare as part of the 2015 Ton of Fun Weight Loss Challenge in Sarasota, Fla. Interested participants can join at any time. Statewide, UnitedHealthcare serves nearly 2.9 million people with a care provider network of over 250 hospitals and 36,000 physicians. For more information on the Ton of Fun Challenge, visit www.fleetfeetsarasota.com.

Offering added support to the 2015 Ton of Fun Weight Loss Challenge in partnership with Fleet Feet Sports Sarasota, UnitedHealthcare recently provided biometric screenings, valued at more than $1,250, to participants. The comprehensive screenings included blood pressure, height, weight, BMI, total cholesterol as well as HDL and LDL, triglycerides and glucose.

One of three screenings being offered to the Ton of Fun members at the beginning, middle and end of the initial 12-week kick-off session, participants will be able to see their progress both on the scale as well as with key biometric indicators. The indicators provide valuable information about potential risk for heart disease, stroke and a variety of other life threatening ailments. Participants also receive tips on how to improve overall indicators to help get them into healthy and optimal ranges.

About the Ton of Fun Weight Loss Challenge

The Ton of Fun Challenge aims to help Sarasota, Fla. residents lead a healthier lifestyle, one day, one step, one recipe at a time and keep Sarasota on the Florida Department of Health’s “Healthy Weight Community Champion” list. Access to local professionals and mentors in wellness, nutrition and fitness are providing participants with a well-rounded and balanced approach to weight loss, while offering an invaluable support network for all the people taking on this personal challenge.

What’s included – join at anytime!

Led by professionally certified Fleet Feet Sports Sarasota Coach and Director of Corporate Wellness Whitney Bartlett, UnitedHealthcare is providing additional support services, including biometric screenings, nutrition and wellness guides, pedometers and other weight loss tools to help participants achieve their goals and incorporate healthier lifestyle habits into their daily lives. Other community-based partners are offering coaching and mentoring services, including nutrition tips and recipes, cooking demos, grocery-shopping-on-a-budget trips, free workouts, private weigh-ins, email updates, a private Facebook group and prize incentives as individuals reach weight-loss goals. Interested participants can join at anytime. For more information, visit www.fleetfeetsarasota.com or call Whitney Bartlett at 941-323-0100.

About UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 850,000 physicians and care professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. Globally, UnitedHealthcare serves 45 million people in health benefits and is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.