Delta Dental of Missouri is continuing its quest to improve the health of Missourians by convening a group of nationally-renowned experts with unique insight and sound strategies for creating, sustaining and inspiring healthy change among individuals, organizations and entire communities. The state’s leading dental benefits provider and champion of improving both oral health and overall health will host Future FOCUS 2015: Building a Blueprint for Better Health on Tues., April 14 from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Chase Park Plaza. Registration for this FREE event is now open. Local business leaders and healthcare professionals can secure a reservation at www.DeltaDentalMO.com/FutureFocus.
Future FOCUS 2015: Building a Blueprint for Better Heath will feature keynote speaker Dan Buettner, a National Geographic Fellow and New York Times bestselling author who will examine the behaviors and characteristics of the areas of the world where people live the longest. He will share methods for how these common principles can be applied to create healthier environments for individuals, organizations and communities. The event will offer insight on a comprehensive approach for promoting oral health as it relates to overall health presented by Christie Custodio-Lumsden, PhD, MS, RD, CDN, and a panel discussion, lead by the Director of Wellness at the Cleveland Wellness Enterprise, Jennifer Hunter, LISW-S, which will share best practices, ideas and insights on how improving employee well-being can create a healthier workforce.
This event is targeted at HR executives and managers, employee benefits professionals, strategic planners, CEOs, benefits consultants, agents, brokers, dentists and other healthcare professionals. All in attendance will receive Dan Buettner’s newly released book, The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World’s Healthiest People, and a continental buffet breakfast.
This is the 14th annual Future FOCUS event hosted by Delta Dental. Previous years have been highlighted by other nationally-renowned experts including Jim Carroll; Ben Carson, M.D.; Michael Roizen, M.D.; Dean Ornish, M.D.; Ian Morrison; Senator Bill Bradley; Charles Duhigg and former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.
To register for Future FOCUS or to learn more about Delta Dental of Missouri, visit www.DeltaDentalMO.com/FutureFocus. Helpful oral health news and information is also available on the company’s website at www.DeltaDentalMO.com, as well as on Facebook and Twitter @DeltaDentalMO.
Delta Dental is the dental benefits leader in Missouri and the U.S. Ninety-six percent of Missouri dentists participate in a Delta Dental network and 4 out of 5 dentists participate nationally. In Missouri, more than 1.7 million members in over 1,800 companies, large and small, choose Delta Dental. Nationally, nearly 1 in 3 families with dental benefits choose Delta Dental – 56 million members from nearly 96,000 companies. Delta Dental is also committed to improving the oral health and overall health of the children in our community and therefore proudly supports the Delta Dental Health Theatre, Give Kids A Smile and Delta Dental’s Land of Smiles educational touring theater program.
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To Learn More, Contact:
Kelly Harris or Monica Green
The Hauser Group Delta Dental of Missouri
(314) 436-9090 (314) 656-2669