Risky traits: How many apply to you?

More than 90 percent of the 19,700 King County employees and their partners filled out a 13-page wellness assessment for the new Healthy Incentives plan. Here's how their answers were rated:

Automatic high risk

A person with any ONE of the following traits is classified as a high risk:

• Diastolic (bottom number) blood pressure above 100
• Systolic (top number) pressure above 160
• BMI greater than 33 (calculate yours here)
• Total cholesterol above 240
• Non-exerciser
• Smoke or chew tobacco

Cumulative risk indicators

How many of these indicators apply to you? Three classifies you as a high risk, two as a moderate risk and one or none as a low risk:

• Consuming more than two drinks a day
• Diastolic blood pressure between 90 and 100
• Systolic pressure between 140 and 160
• BMI of 26 to 33 (calculate yours here)
• Total cholesterol between 200 and 240
• High-density lipoprotein (HDL) or "good" cholesterol below 40
• Stopped smoking or using chew tobacco less than six months ago
• Self-reported high stress

You are stressed if you often feel nervous, weighed down by difficulties, like you're not on top of things and angry about things outside your control.

A healthy diet is low in fat and sugar and includes at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, according to the USDA Food Guide Pyramid. A serving is 1/4 cup dried fruit, 15 grapes, one medium banana, or 1/2 cup raw or cooked vegetable. Most servings of your food should come from grains — breads, cereal, pasta and rice — with at least half of that coming from whole grains.