LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Mount Wellness movement marches on.
This month, Mount Saint Mary's University announced it will join the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), which works with the private sector and PHA honorary chair former First Lady Michelle Obama to make healthier choices easier, in a three-year commitment to implement guidelines around food and nutrition, and physical activity and wellness programming. This initiative will positively impact the more than 3,300 students across the Mount's two campuses, hundreds of faculty and staff, and surrounding communities.
The University signs on as a part of PHA's Healthier Campus Initiative, which includes more than 50 colleges and universities, collectively impacting more than 1.2 million students, faculty and staff across the United States. Mount Saint Mary's is the first women's university to join the PHA, and one of just five universities in California to be part of this bold, collective commitment.
"We're excited to be part of a national vanguard that is leading and showing the way when it comes to healthy living," says University President Ann McElaney-Johnson. "Creating strong, confident, resilient leaders is what Mount Saint Mary's is all about, and it's why our own campus-wide Mount Wellness movement exists."
The University's Mount Wellness movement, which launched in February 2017, takes a comprehensive approach to promoting personal health and wellbeing in ways that are both inclusive and empowering. The goal is to encourage students, faculty and staff to embrace a healthy, resilient lifestyle, built on four key concepts: move more, eat green, de-stress and sleep well.
Now, as a new member of the PHA's Healthier Campus Initiative pledge, Mount Saint Mary's has pledged to implement 23 new wellness guidelines over the next three years.
"Colleges and universities are in a unique position to help shape tomorrow's leaders, no matter where their education takes them," said PHA CEO Lawrence A. Soler. "We know that going to college is a time of change for many students—we also know that means it's a time when new habits are formed. By creating healthier food and physical activity environments today, campuses and universities are encouraging healthier habits that will carry over into tomorrow."
For more information on PHA's Healthier Campus Initiative, visit ahealthieramerica.org/campuses. For additional info on the University's Mount Wellness movement, check out msmu.edu/wellness.
SOURCE Mount Saint Mary's University
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