UnitedHealthcare Teams Up With IRONKIDS to Energize Tennessee Youth, Sponsors IRONKIDS Fun Run in Chattanooga
May 13 2015 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
- UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS Chattanooga
to take place Saturday, May 16, at Ross’s Landing
- UnitedHealthcare partners with the
local Boys & Girls Club to sponsor at-risk youth participating
in the fun run
UnitedHealthcare is teaming up with IRONKIDS® for the second
annual UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS® Chattanooga Fun Run, aimed at
inspiring and motivating young people to lead active, positive and
healthy lifestyles.
The one-mile and quarter-mile UnitedHealthcare IRONKIDS
Chattanooga Fun Run will take place Saturday, May 16, at 9 a.m. at
Ross’s Landing – 200 Riverfront Parkway; Chattanooga, Tenn.,
37402.
Onsite registration begins at 7:30 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 course of the IRONMAN® 70.3® Chattanooga, which begins the
next day.
UnitedHealthcare mascot Dr. Health E. Hound will lead youth and
their parents in warmup 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 the
Boys & Girls Club of Chattanooga to encourage participation and
help promote the club’s after-school sports, fitness and recreation
program.
“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
activities can be the catalyst for a lifetime of exercise and
healthy living.”
“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 Rick Reeves, COO of UnitedHealthcare
Community Plan of Tennessee. “UnitedHealthcare is grateful for the
opportunity to partner with IRONMAN and the Boys & Girls Club
of Chattanooga.”
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. Tennessee ranks
45th in the country, with more than a third of adults and nearly 17
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
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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