Grand Valley is again sponsoring the "Know Your Numbers" clinical health risk assessment for all benefit eligible faculty and staff members. The free, 10-minute assessment tests for six key health factors: systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, glucose, triglycerides and smoking.
Lindsey Des Armo, health and wellness coordinator, said, "The great thing about this assessment is that it focuses on providing detailed potential health risks and recommendations on next steps for participants to review with their own health care professional."
Autumn DeRoo is a media services technician for Pew Campus Operations. She read about the program last year on the Health and Wellness Web site and decided to participate.
"It's so convenient because all I had to do was take a quick break and go to where it's located on campus," said DeRoo. "It didn't take any time away from work and normally when I visit my physician I don't get those kind of tests done."
Evaluation sites will be held in Allendale, DeVos Center, Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences, Holland, Muskegon and Traverse City. Participation is free and all results are kept confidential. Visit the Web site www.gvsu.edu/healthwellness for dates and times.
DeRoos said that although the tests results were positive and she
was healthy, she is still planning on doing it again this year.
"It's nice to have the information, plus they send you a packet
with your results and it's in layman's terms with advice on how to
maintain good cholesterol and blood pressure levels," she
said.
