UnitedHealthcare Teams up with IRONKIDS to Energize North Carolina Youth, Sponsors IRONKIDS Fun Run in Raleigh
May 28 2015 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Raleigh to
take place Saturday, May 30, at Raleigh Convention Center
- UnitedHealthcare to partner with Harris
Creek Elementary to sponsor youth participating in the fun run
UnitedHealthcare is teaming up with IRONKIDS® for the first
UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS® Raleigh Fun Run, aimed at inspiring and
motivating young people to lead active, positive and healthy
lifestyles.
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The one-mile and quarter-mile UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Raleigh
Fun Run will take place Saturday, May 30, at 10 a.m. at the Raleigh
Convention Center – 500 South Salisbury St.; Raleigh, N.C.,
27601.
Onsite registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and each athlete will
receive a race bib, T-shirt, goodie bag and finisher medal. The fun
run course for “triathletes to be” will take place along portions
of the 2015 LexisNexis IRONMAN® 70.3® Raleigh presented by PNC
triathlon, which begins the next day.
UnitedHealthcare mascot Dr. Health E. Hound will lead youth and
their parents in warm-up exercises and join the kids at the
starting line to officially kick-off the fun run. The cost for
registration and to participate is $15 for kids ages 3 to 15.
Registration details are available at www.IRONKIDS.com.
UnitedHealthcare is providing 50 free race admissions to Harris
Creek Elementary to encourage participation.
“The IRONKIDS fun runs give our community the opportunity to
have fun together, and begin their day being active and healthy.
Walking and running are exercises everyone can do to maintain a
healthful lifestyle,” said Anita Bachmann of UnitedHealthcare.
“UnitedHealthcare is grateful for the opportunity to partner with
IRONMAN and Harris Creek Elementary to help children in our
community live healthier lives.”
This is the fourth year UnitedHealthcare is supporting IRONKIDS
as part of the company’s commitment to help stem the rising tide of
childhood obesity through healthy lifestyles. The UnitedHealthcare
IRONKIDS 2015 Series features nine one-mile fun runs and a
dip-and-dash. Obesity among children and adolescents has almost
tripled since 1980, with nearly one in every three children being
overweight or obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Children from low-income and low-education households are
three-times more likely to suffer from obesity, which is a leading
risk factor for diabetes, heart disease and many cancers, according
to America’s Health Rankings®, an annual comprehensive assessment
of the nation’s health on a state-by-state basis. North Carolina
ranks 37th in the country, with nearly 30 percent of adults and
12.5 percent of youth estimated to be obese.
“We are thrilled to have a partner in UnitedHealthcare to
sponsor these youth events as part of our IRONMAN series,” said
Carola Ross, Chief Sales Officer for IRONMAN. “The opportunity the
IRONKIDS fun runs offer young athletes is tremendous, as these
races can be the catalyst for a lifetime of exercise and healthy
living.”
About IRONKIDS®After being acquired from the Sara Lee
Corporation, which owned the event series since 1985, IRONKIDS®
launched in 2009 with nine events in the IRONKIDS® National
Triathlon Series. Since the inaugural year, IRONKIDS® has seen more
than 60,000 participants and has grown to more than 60 events
worldwide including races in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and
North America. The brand represents a multi-dimensional approach to
creating positive experiences for athletes, families and
communities, as well as embodies achievement and determination
while fostering self-esteem. The IRONKIDS® mission is to inspire
and motivate through the sport to live an active, positive and
healthy lifestyle. For more information visit www.ironkids.com.
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping
people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health
care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and
sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company
offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for
individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and
their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with more than 850,000 physicians and care
professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at
www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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