CIM Neighborhood Health Screens

Contact: Alan Armstrong, R.E.A.C.H. Director, CIM program
(216) 263-6296 aarmstrong@clevelandymca.org

Through a four-year partnership with the Cleveland Division of Recreation, Clevelanders in Motion has been offering free, detailed health and fitness screenings under its Body Age Screening program.

The screenings are funded with support from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program.

To date, over 500 individuals have completed their initial body age screening, with approximately 20% of them coming back for a 6-month follow-up screening.

For these individuals, information is truly proving to be powerful, with the majority of persons undergoing their 6-month re-screenings showing modest but steady health improvements.

Among these 110 re-screened individuals, they moved from a pre-screening age of 51.29 and body age of 57.42 years to a post-screening age of 51.78 years and body age of 53.54 years. While weight loss averaged just four pounds achieved, their key health measures revealed that even modest weight loss can improve health outcomes. Mean blood pressures dropped slightly from 126/80 to just under 124/79 on post-screens, with total cholesterol levels dropping four points, and blood glucose levels falling by more than 7 points. Likewise, improved flexibility, lowered body fat and overall improved fitness levels were other noted outcomes, in addition to self-reported improvements in stress and depression.Screenings are offered on a by-appointment basis, free of charge, at the following Cleveland Recreation Center locations:

Earle B. Turner
Fairfax
John F. Kennedy
Lonnie Burten
Michael Zone
Stella Walsh

In addition, the Downtown and West Park YMCA locations have been added for the convenience of program participants. Over the past year, Body Age Screenings have also been conducted in partnership with the Glenville New Life Church.

For further information or to schedule a confidential Body Age Screening, contact Alan Armstrong at (216) 263-6296.