First UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS® Augusta Fun Run Motivates Local Youth to Lead Active, Healthy Lifestyles
September 26 2015 - 11:53AM
Business Wire
Course for physically challenged children
offered
Nearly 200 young athletes participated in the first
UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS® Augusta Fun Run today at the Augusta
Convention Center. UnitedHealthcare mascot Dr. Health E. Hound
kicked-off the fun run, joined by Terence Christopher of
UnitedHealthcare.
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Local youth take off at the first
UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Augusta Fun Run today at the Augusta
Convention Center. UnitedHealthcare mascot Dr. Health E. Hound
kicked-off the fun run, joined by Terence Christopher of
UnitedHealthcare. For the first time in Georgia, IRONKIDS offered
1-mile and ¼-mile tracks for physically challenged youth athletes.
(Photo Credit: Russell Kaye)
Local athletes, ages 3-15, had the opportunity to run along
portions of the IRONMAN® 70.3® Augusta course, which takes place
tomorrow. For the first time in Georgia, IRONKIDS offered 1-mile
and ¼-mile tracks for physically challenged youth athletes.
UnitedHealthcare provided 50 free race admissions to the Boys &
Girls Clubs of Augusta 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 Jocelyn Chisholm Carter of
UnitedHealthcare. “UnitedHealthcare is grateful for the opportunity
to partner with IRONMAN 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.
“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.”
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. Georgia ranks 33rd in the country with 30 percent of adults
and nearly 13 percent of youth estimated to be obese.
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 UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare 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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