The newly created Air Force Health and Readiness Optimization program, or HeRO, will use data to help airmen in squadrons improve their personal health habits. The program is aimed at squadrons determined to be at risk and uses "data and evidence-based interventions" to cut back on lost workdays as a result of preventable illness or injury. For example, HeRO targets sleep habits, based on findings that airmen who get fewer than five hours of sleep per night risk negatively affecting their work performance. It also assesses habits like squadron-wide tobacco use, using data to inform commanders how their unit compares with others. Other factors monitored include nutrition and fitness habits across the squadron. HeRO rolled out at 10 sites in 2018 and will reach all squadrons in 2019, officials said.
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