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Show September 2, 1999 alfefty, good b this is not by Capt. Lisa A. Schmidt Chief, Health Promotion and Fitness prising. Healthy People 2000 is a Section Office of the Command Surgeon Wright-Patterso- set of national health promotion and disease pre- AFB, Ohio n Almost everyone has had someone close to them affected by cardiovas- cular disease, cancer or a serious injury. Fortunately, small lifestyle changes and early intervention can prevent the occurrence or significantly reduce the impact they can have on us or the ones we love. For example, the health benefits of regular physical exercise and proper weight control have been well docu- mented. Participating in regular physical activity can reduce your risk for heart disease, prevent or control high blood pressure and help maintain your weight. It can also reduce depression and help control anxiety. According to the 1998 Survey of Health Related Behaviors among Military Personnel, 50 percent of Air Force members participate in some type of exercise for at least 20 minutes, three days a week. This is considerably above the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People 2000 objective of 20 percent or greater of the gen- eral adult population, but given the emphasis on physical fitness as part of an overall goal of military readiness, Cool chapel air conditioning r sur- Ub ensure Jong vi percent of Air pressure checked in the past two years with 13 percent having been ensive at some- nation. However, time in their life. While 66 percent based on the guidelines from had their cho- the 1998 National Heart Lung and performing this simple self examination in the shower is so easy." g Another important step to health and wellness is injury prevention through the use of seat belts and helmets. Air Force members indicated that they wear their seat belts "always" or "almost always" 96 percent of the life-lon- diagnosed as being hypert- cantly improving the health of the time. lesterol checked in the past five years, 20 percent Helmet use was determined from motorcyclists and bicyclists who wore helmets "always" or "nearly always" were told they when riding a motorcycle or bicycle sidered to be overhad high cho- during the past 12 months. The motorweight, 25 percent lesterol at some- cyclist wore their helmets 83 percent of members over time in their life. of the time while bicyclist wore their 35 years old are The survey helmets 49 percent of the time. The overweight. indicated that 97 percent of women had Healthy People 2000 goal is 80 percent Col. Jerry Owen, command flight surand 50 percent respectively. geon for AFMC, said the patients he a Pap smear in the past three years. While the Air Force is meeting the sees at sick-cararely exercise regu- This relatively painless test, along with - . necessary treatment if indicated can nation's Healthy People 2000 goals, larly. "If patients eat right and do moderate decrease the risk of cervical cancer and everyone has a responsibility to preand disabilexercise, they reduce the expected ill- save lives: However, not only do women vent unnecessary disease need to be concerned with cancer risk, ity. nesses in half," Owen said. indiRemember, taking care of yourself Along with a lifestyle that includes fit- but the National Cancer Institute ness and maintaining ideal body weight cates men can improve their chances when you are well is as important as to avoid illnesses, identifying a disease of finding a tumor and obtaining early taking care of yourself when you are in the early stages will allow for early treatment by performing regular tes sick. Blood Institute on what is con- ll Kudos ACItGM LIKE is your opportunity to make Hill AFB a better place to live, woxk and play, to "Action" or send When you call Ext your comments will ne recorded and stalled through the agency responsible for I action. Pkv.se give your supervisor and chain of command the oppoiuuiiry to work with you and jut answering callbefore solving problems ing ACTION LINE. This will help me better serve your interests. Items of basewide interest to the Hill workforce will be published in the Hilltop Times. tjue-stion- s 56 Knowing that moving can and does create stress on families, Ms. Hubble and Ms. Stowell, as well as the rest of the housing team, put the customer first and make every effort to go the extra mile to help out. Thank you for your comments. addi-Zltion- have called the building Viljrecycle center several times asking for 40 boxes to store documents for recycling after they are filmed. Weeks ago we received only four boxes. Would you look into this? I 40-5- 0 : Phone numbers The base agencies listed below can be contacted directly if you have a complaint or a problem with their services: Security Forces Crisis Information Services Base Restaurants RetirementCompensation (civilian) Social Actions Employee Relations Military Pay Civilian Pay. ; Air Force Suggestion Program IG Complaints (for appointment) . . IG Complaints (after hours) Fraud, Waste or Abuse (recording) 75th Medical Group Civil Engineering Hill Pride Hotline Public Affairs Military Housing Maintenance Safety Office . 50 24-h- r. Kudos and I just recently moved into base housing and the Family Housing Maintenance Quality Systems for America's Air Force Hilltop Times Published by MorMedia, Inc., a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with Hill AFB. This commercial enterprise Air Force newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. military services. Contents of the Hilltop Times are 28 Contractor, Mike Bosch, responded quickly when our refrigerator quit working. Within 24 hours we had a brand new one. As a new Hill resident, I appreciate the quick response. Mike Bosch has a great personality and his enthusiasm is contagious. 18 What von said doesn't surmise me. Mike yARnsrh is fTrtrpmelv "Customer Oriented" and makes our new occupants feel welcome, right from the start. I will personally pass your miao to mm. "Air Force people building the world's most respected Air and Space Force r3 nrzsrn, z7unruun err Col, Ken Page 75th A8W Commander al My family The Resource Recovery and Recycling Program rpnses and distributes boxes but. unfortunately, snnnlv sometimes doesn't alwavs equal demand. At boxes are delivered weekly to a central least location in Bldg. 849 and are available on a "first come, first serve" basis. The program will try to accommodate your needs, based on availability and requests from other organizations across the entire base. Organizations are encouraged to reuse office paper boxes for recycling. Extra boxes can be picked up directly from the Recycling Office, Bldg. 805, weekdays from 7 a.m.-- 3 p.m. ail 00 f fl self-chec- Force members had their blood egy for signifi- the Chapel Annex is Not enough boxes work in 849, and self-examinatio-ns Eighty-thre- e to Merry want to extend a public atta-bo- y usually turned off during our 6 p.m. service. Stowell and Myrlene Hubble in the housing At this time of day, it's just to hot, especially for office. They did an awesome job helping my the little ones who attend. This has been an ongo- wife and me obtain housing within the first Stowell went ing problem this year and the chapel personnel week after we arrived. Merry in of call my opinion, by allowduty, have opened a work order with CE to rectify the above the situation to no avail. I understand the annex air ing us to store our personal property in a garage made special arrangeconditioning is on a computerized timer operated near where we moved. She our we store could so property on base, by. Civil Engineers. Could they reset the time on ments it at our expense off rather than storingworld-clasthis system? s service. She base. I think that was to make hard worked Hubble very CE has reprogrammed the Chapel Annex system and Myrlene are both our transition more comfortable. They LAto provide cooling until 9 p.m. daily. Hopefully, world-class representatives of the 75th Air this extended period will cover all functions in the annex. If you have further needs, contact CE Base Wing. or Customer Service at Ext in psThe once a month. ticular Yet, only 24 percent of men took a proack tive approach to do this simple to detect suspicious lumps. 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