Dump Your Plump

Dump Your Plump (DYP) is a fitness program that promotes healthy exercise and eating habits through team-based competition. DYP distributes materials to local coordinators who help run DYP in their communities. The Partnership for a Healthier Johnson County serves as the contest coordinator for DYP and administrates three contests annually. Captains coordinate teams of participants who pay $10 each to register. Participants set weight loss goals of 0-20 pounds for the 10-week contest and commit to doing aerobic exercise for 30 minutes each day at least 5 days each week. Team and participants earn points at the end of the contest based on their accumulated exercise reports and weight loss goal outcomes. Participants are awarded money prizes for a team prize. Weekly newsletters are distributed to report and motivate participants.

The goal of Dump Your Plump is to foster healthy eating and exercise habits through team-based competition.

The Partnership for Healthier Johnson County has administrated 22 rounds of the Dump Your Plump worksite wellness competition, promoting primarily to groups of employees at worksites. The highest numbers of participants come from health care organizations, schools, social service agencies, churches, and groups of friends. In 22 rounds, 945 teams have competed and 6,273 participants have lost a collective 35,877 pounds (51% meeting their weight loss goal).