 The last Beau-Fitt session featured a healthy cooking demonstration by Colleen Obrien, dietician, and Artemus Brower, chef from Vidant Beaufort Hospital. During the cooking demonstration they will gave out small samples. A yoga stretching session was led by Lilly Jones, yoga instructor from Fitness Unlimited. |  Check the BEAU-FITT calendar for fitness and wellness events |  Fitbit leaderboard = bragging rights |
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 Vidant Beaufort's commitment to community health and participation are key to BEAU-FITT programming. May 2016 marks the second periodic faculty health screening, which encourages a longitudinal approach to sustaining healthy behaviors. |  Groups from local senior centers, families passing through, and walkers are welcome - check out the map! |  All are welcome to BCCC Brown Bag Luncheons, where speakers from the community discuss fitness and nutrition. |
 "BCCC sees health progress with Beau-Fitt" in the Washington Daily News |
BEAUFORT COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
The BEAU-FITT trail and exercise stations constructed at Beaufort Community College stimulated a culture of daily use and friendly group competition towards increasing use. BCCC used a passive-infrared, pyroelectric pedestrian eco-counter to track trail usage and Garmin fitness trackers to individually monitor increased walking.
A health care professional will continue the work of lowering obesity through group exercise and competition by engaging new community partners in the BEAU-FITT program, building upon relationships with existing partner initiatives, and expanding the range of health and wellness programs offered at BCCC. The health care professional will also work to solidify fitness in BCCC policy, connect Allied Health nurse training programs to the Public Health Department’s Community Health Assessments, and integrate those community-level findings into the college’s efforts to improve outcomes.
Local to BCCC? Get out on the trail.
The Interactive Multipurpose Fitness and Interval Training Trail at BCCC is open to faculty, staff, students, and community members. The soft tread and flat surface is accessible to folks of all ages and abilities.