Teams of up to 10 people compete in one of four activity categories for a chance to be recognized as one of the top three performing teams in each category across the state:

• Tortoise
• Hare
• Super Hare
• Bionic Hare

Miles for Wellness | Fall 2024

More Tar Heels than ever participated in Miles for Wellness Challenge 30, Take a Walk on the Wild Side. During this 8-week physical activity challenge, 74 Carolina teams competed against 374 teams across the state to virtually visit up to 11 zoos across the country. Overall, 647 Tar Heels participated, traveling a total of 170,093 miles (340,185,822 steps)!

Special congratulations to team BCAS Road Warriors 1 led by Jennie Vaughn in the Alcohol Studies Center for walking the most steps among all Carolina teams (11,210,472 steps) and to the following teams for placing first among the Carolina teams within their divisions:

• Super Hare: Weasel Sneakers led by Jennifer Palcher-Silliman in Highway Safety Research
• Hare: ROMS Ramblers led by Anastacia Kohl in Romance Studies
• Tortoise: Team LCCC: Legit Committed to Crushing the Count led by John Sledge from the School of Medicine – Human Resources

Results for Miles for Wellness Challenge 30

• UNC-Chapel Hill teams (pdf)
• All teams (pdf)

Thanks to all who participated and made physical activity a priority this fall. The next Miles for Wellness Challenge will begin March 10, 2025.

As part of the program, you’ll have access to:

• Medical care team (Board Certified Practitioner, Registered Dietitians, Medical Assistants)
• Personalized care plan
• Digital health tools (virtual visits, glucose monitoring, wireless scales, activity trackers, blood pressure cuffs, phone apps)
• Medication management
• Virtual and in-clinic options
• In-network providers

Participation is confidential and is not shared with your employer.

Email totalwellbeing@unc.edu to coordinate a program for your School/Division. A minimum of 6 employees committed to participate is required to host a program at your workplace.

• Complete a brief registration online for the Employee Nutrition Counseling Program.
• Receive a call back from LifeStyle Medical Centers within 24 hours after registering to schedule your appointment.
• You will have an opportunity to complete a family and medical history in LifeStyle Medical Center’s HIPAA protected health portal prior to your initial appointment.
• Initial appointments will be in-person at a UNC-Chapel Hill host School/Division. See Initial Appointment details.
• Follow-up care will be provided weekly via telehealth from the comfort of your home, office or smartphone. The NC State Health Plan covers Dietitian visits 100%.

• Plan 60 minutes for your initial appointment.
• The appointment will include:
  • Lab work collected through a blood draw to review A1c/glucose, HDL, LDL total cholesterol and triglycerides levels. (There is a $9 fee for lab work, paid through your personal health portal.)
  • Blood pressure screening.
  • Body composition analysis using a Tanita Scale.
  • Clinician visit with a nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant (PA); clinician visits are subject to a PCP copay of $25 or $45 depending on your health plan.

ESMMWL is delivered in an interactive real-time format with a live instructor. Each series is 15 weeks.

• Learn more about Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less
• Subscribe to the ESMMWL Nutrition Decisions Newsletter

How to sign up for a class
Use coupon/voucher code: GNC2025 to participate at no cost: Each weekly session is covered at 100% as a telehealth group nutritional counseling visit. You will be asked to enter your BCBSNC, State Health Plan, subscriber ID#. Your primary insurance provider must be BCBSNC.

Enroll in ESMMWL class | Act fast — series fill up quickly!

Are you looking to maintain or continue to work toward your goal weight? Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less 2 builds on strategies covered during Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less. Participants who successfully completed Eat Smart, Move More Weigh Less since 2011 are invited to register for this 12-week online program. (Successfully completed is defined as attending at least 10 of the 15 ESMMWL classes since 2011.)

Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less 2 consists of 12 classes that meet every week online with a live Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) instructor.

How to sign up for a class
Use coupon/voucher code: GNC22025 to participate at no cost: Each weekly session is covered at 100% as a telehealth group nutritional counseling visit. You will be asked to enter your BCBSNC, State Health Plan, subscriber ID#. Your primary insurance provider must be BCBSNC.

Enroll in ESMMWL2 class | Act fast — series fill up quickly!