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Researchers have proven that our program helps employees achieve clinically significant Body Mass Index (BMI) reductions and substantial increases in daily physical activity.

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Because your employees deserve only the best and most effective solutions, our wellness program is based on sound medical evidence.

Nationally-renowned researchers concluded that our team wellness competition helps employees achieve clinically significant weight loss.

Our program is also substantiated by other landmark research studies, including:

The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years
Christakis, Nicholas A., Fowler, James H.
The New England Journal of Medicine 2007 357: 370-379

Conclusion: “The spread of obesity in social networks appears to be a factor in the obesity epidemic. Yet the relevance of social influence also suggests that it may be possible to harness this same force to slow the spread of obesity. Network phenomena might be exploited to spread positive health behaviors, in part because people's perceptions of their own risk of illness may depend on the people around them. Smoking– and alcohol–cessation programs and weight-loss interventions that provide peer support — that is, that modify the person's social network - are more successful than those that do not. People are connected, and so their health is connected.”

Using Pedometers to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health
Dena M. Bravata, MD, MS; Crystal Smith-Spangler, MD; Vandana Sundaram, MPH; Allison L. Gienger, BA; Nancy Lin, ScD; Robyn Lewis, MA; Christopher D. Stave, MLS; Ingram Olkin, PhD; John R. Sirard, PhD
JAMA. 2007;298(19):2296-2304.

Conclusion: The results suggest that the use of a pedometer is associated with significant increases in physical activity and significant decreases in body mass index and blood pressure.

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