{"id":12853,"date":"2017-08-03T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=12853"},"modified":"2017-08-02T19:34:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T00:34:10","slug":"tennessee-state-parks-offer-rewards-through-healthy-parks-healthy-person-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2017\/08\/03\/tennessee-state-parks-offer-rewards-through-healthy-parks-healthy-person-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee State Parks Offer Rewards through Healthy Parks Healthy Person Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-314446\" title=\"Tennessee State Parks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tennessee-State-Parks.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee State Parks\" width=\"200\" height=\"177\"><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Being active outdoors is not only good for your health \u2013 it can earn you Tennessee State Parks merchandise, golf rounds, free camping or even cabin stays thanks to a new program.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee State Parks and the Tennessee Department of Health have partnered to develop a web application called Healthy Parks Healthy Person, which allows Tennesseans to log their activities at Tennessee State Parks in exchange for points that can be redeemed for rewards.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Healthy Parks Healthy Person program\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5gDnMohkWDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The program also includes a Park Prescription feature where healthcare providers can prescribe outdoor activity as part of a healthcare regimen for patients. Talk to your healthcare provider about your options for engaging in outdoor activities to further your health goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTennessee State Parks offer thousands of miles of walkways, trails and waterways for visitors to engage in healthy exercise at no cost,\u201d said Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Deputy Commissioner of Parks and Conservation Brock Hill. \u201cThe Healthy Parks Healthy Person program offers additional incentive for residents to engage in healthy activities at any of Tennessee\u2019s 56 State Parks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To participate, you can visit app.healthyparkstn.com on your mobile device where you can log your activities and collect points for hiking, biking, running, swimming, paddling and rock climbing. Points can be earned at any park \u2013 including local, state and national parks \u2013 and redeemed at any Tennessee State Park. There is no fee to use the Healthy Parks Healthy Person app.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_389278\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tennessee-State-Parks-Offer-Rewards-through-Healthy-Parks-Healthy-Person-Program.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-389278\" class=\"wp-image-389278\" title=\"Healthy Parks Healthy Person\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tennessee-State-Parks-Offer-Rewards-through-Healthy-Parks-Healthy-Person-Program.jpg\" alt=\"Healthy Parks Healthy Person\" width=\"230\" height=\"155\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-389278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Healthy Parks Healthy Person<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to have a new way to encourage people in Tennessee to be active and enjoy our beautiful and award-winning Tennessee State Parks,\u201d said Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH. \u201cOur parks are wonderful restorative places for our bodies, minds and souls. Go for a walk down a beautiful trail, paddle a creek or enjoy any active fun in our great outdoors for great preventive medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Numerous public health organizations and studies have proven the benefits of outdoor exercise on mental and physical health. People tend to engage in more strenuous and varied exercise outdoors than they do inside. People have also reported significantly higher feelings of enthusiasm, pleasure and self-esteem when exercising outdoors in a natural setting.<\/p>\n<p>To date, nearly 1,000 people are using the Healthy Parks Healthy Person app. The app is web-based, with users saving the web page as a favorite on their electronic devices to access the program.<\/p>\n<p>To get started, visit app.healthyparkstn.com or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tnstateparks.com\" >www.tnstateparks.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; Being active outdoors is not only good for your health \u2013 it can earn you Tennessee State Parks merchandise, golf rounds, free camping or even cabin stays thanks to a new program. Tennessee State Parks and the Tennessee Department of Health have partnered to develop a web application called Healthy Parks Healthy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2333,5558,107,2048,5343,284,8542,7857,1901,2274,513,523],"class_list":["post-12853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-leisure","tag-biking","tag-brock-hill","tag-featured","tag-hiking","tag-john-dreyzehner","tag-nashville-tn","tag-rock-climbing","tag-running","tag-swimming","tag-tennessee-department-of-environment-and-conservation","tag-tennessee-department-of-health","tag-tennessee-state-parks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12854,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12853\/revisions\/12854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}