Creating Training & Education Solutions for Professionals
Corporate Wellness Programming
The overall health of your employees ultimately effects your bottom line. Performance Health Ventures, Inc. will work closely with you to determine, design and deliver the corporate wellness program that best suits your needs. Not all corporations are alike and deserve a program that meets their cultural needs. We focus on delivery systems and program that allow your employees to meet their physical goals, thus reducing your overall healthcare costs.
In the News
Obesity and Heart Disease Risk
There is growing evidence that lifestyle factors influence heart disease risk as early as adolescence and even childhood. Two new studies suggest a link between early obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. Read more...
Study finds Low-Fat diets win battle of the bulge
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS - Regardless of how they shed pounds in the first place, big losers stayed that way by limiting fat rather than carbohydrates, according to new research that could add fuel to the backlash against low-carb diets.
Dieters already have been turning away from Atkins-style plans as a long-term weight-control strategy, and the new study gives them more reason: Low-fat plans seem to work better at keeping weight off. read more...
Take a moment to determine if your weight loss goals are realistic. Click on the link provided to the right and enter your desired fat loss and the number of weeks in which you would like to achieve your goal.
Remember, you should not plan on losing more than 3 pounds per week to maintain long-term weight management
Featured Program: Take Shape For Life - a profit center solution
64% of Americans are overweight or obese - Surgeon General Report
Health and Fitness Professionals come in contact with either clients or patients everyday who suffer from being obese or overweight. Many times, these persons seek guidance on establishing a plan to combat their weight problem. The Take Shape For Life Program provides the allied health professional with the necessary products, support systems and tools to assist those in need.
A successful weight management program provides three services for the client;
Food Choices (both short and long-term)
Behavior and Cognitive Modification
Exercise Guidance
Provide peace of mind to your clients with a proven program
Take Shape For Life provides all of these services for their clients. Allied health professionals are encouraged to join their growing network of Healthcare Professionals. Your association with Take Shape For Life, an established, credible and researched program offers you;
proven product protocols
network of support systems for your clients/patients
70+ products, all produced in an FDA regulated facility
actively involved in research with prestigiuos healthcare institutions, governmental agencies and institutions of higher education
Click on the link below to learn more about the Take Shape For Life Weight and Disease Management Program.
Johns Hopkins University Study Shows Type II Diabetics Lost Twice as Much Weight Using Medifast as Those on an ADA Diet
OWINGS MILLS, Md., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medifast, Inc. (Amex: MED) is pleased to announce the preliminary 34-week results from its one year and 34-week diabetes study conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health. Read more...
Profit Center Information
Weight Management Program Description
“A regular or certified Health Advisor is not a substitute for a physician or a qualified medical practitioner for monitoring patients using Medifast low calorie products.”
