Monday Health.mil News Round-Up: Kicking Butts for Points Launches at Six Healthy Base Initiative Sites; Spring Forward but Stay Rested

Monday Health.mil News Round-Up: Kicking Butts for Points Launches at Six Healthy Base Initiative Sites; Spring Forward but Stay Rested

The following articles were recently posted on Health.mil:

Kicking Butts for Points Launches at Six Healthy Base Initiative Sites
March 6, 2015

It may not be a patch or a pill that helps you quit using tobacco, but your smartphone instead. The Department of Defense Healthy Base Initiative is piloting an innovative approach to improve knowledge and change attitudes towards tobacco to support tobacco-free living in the military. Through a partnership with the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI) the team is hosting a text-message based trivia contest.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/03/06/Kicking-Butts-for-Points-Launches-at-Six-Healthy-Base-Initiative-Sites

Spring Forward but Stay Rested
March 6, 2015

This week is National Sleep Awareness Week. It’s no coincidence that it happens the week before we “spring forward” into Daylight Savings Time. Although you’ll technically be losing sixty minutes, there are ways to make sure the time difference has minimal impact on your sleep.

Full story: www.health.mil/News/Articles/2015/03/06/Spring-Forward-but-Stay-Rested