Col. Deydre Teyhen, left, director, Health and Wellness for the Office of the Surgeon General, and her deputy, Col. Tawanna McGhee, right, discuss the benefits of better nutrition with Maj. Gen. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., 1st Inf. Div., and Fort Riley commanding general. When it comes to food, Teyhen wants the Army to make the healthy choice the easy and convenient choice. (Photo: Maj. Fredrick O. Williams/Army)
Army Times: Army looks to outsmart soldiers' bad habits
You wouldn’t think that moving the salad bar to the front of the chow hall and moving the dessert bar back 10 feet would make the Army healthier. But at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, that bumped up salad sales about 24 percent and dessert sales down 10 percent, a nudge toward goals of soldiers eating, exercising and sleeping healthier.
That’s just an example of the kind of change Army Medical Command hopes to inspire and successes it hopes to share across installations through its first annual Health of the Force report.
“I’m pretty proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish with this inaugural report," said Col. Deydre Teyhen during a recent roundtable at Defense Health Agency headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. "I think we can’t get to a better state of health unless we inform people of what’s working out there in the field."
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WNU Editor: For someone who likes to smoke, drink pop, eat candy/chocolate bars/dessert, stay up at night, and shun exercise .... the U.S. Army is not for you.
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