HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance Present Community Weight Loss Challenge
Posted on: Thursday, 10 February 2005, 15:00 CST
ERIE, Pa., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance are presenting Lighten-Up! Erie, a team-based weight loss program that provides tools for making healthy lifestyle changes. It will begin on February 21, 2005, and run for ten consecutive Monday evenings from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at the Family First Sports Park. Robert L. Dawson, president and CEO of HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance, is highly supportive of the program. "We wanted to demonstrate our commitment to the Erie community by promoting the importance of making healthy life choices. Lighten-Up! Erie is not a fad diet; it is a program that focuses on practical, effective tools and nutritional strategies to help participants reach their weight loss goals and make long-term changes to their lifestyles."
This program takes a "whole person" approach to weight loss by helping participants gain personal insight into their physical, emotional, and spiritual selves. After taking a Wellness Inventory, each participant creates a Personal Wellness Plan consisting of a series of action items, thus breaking down the weight loss process into manageable steps instead of a single big undertaking.
Lighten-Up! Erie is built around a community- and team-based concept. Everyone in the Erie community -- including for-profit and non-profit organizations, large and small businesses, health care organizations, churches, colleges, neighborhoods and family members -- is encouraged to join. All participants form teams, so they can rely on fellow team members for mutual support and motivation.
At each 90-minute Lighten-Up! Erie session, the teams learn a different method for achieving long-term weight loss success. Some examples of topics presented are:
- Breaking the carbohydrate addiction cycle
- Making realistic and practical healthy lifestyle changes for the
long-term
- Staying motivated between sessions
- How small changes can have big weight loss payoffs
- Using yoga and the mind-body connection to sculpt your body and build
strength
At the end of the program, the team that loses the most weight based on average percentage will receive $500. But more importantly, participants receive vital resources to help improve their health for a lifetime. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( http://www.cdc.gov/ ), people who are overweight or obese are more likely to suffer from serious medical conditions such as heart disease and stroke; high blood pressure; diabetes; cancer; gallbladder disease and gallstones; osteoarthritis; gout; breathing problems, such as sleep apnea; and asthma. Lighten-Up! Erie provides the know-how to lose weight, which can result in significant health benefits.
For more information, go to http://www.lightenuperie.com/ . To arrange a presentation at your church, community group or place of business, call Lighten-Up! Erie Executive Director Russ DiCarlo at 814-864-1065.
About HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance
HealthAmerica Pennsylvania, Inc., has a 30-year record in managed care. HealthAmerica, HealthAssurance Pennsylvania, Inc., and affiliate companies cover over 730,000 members in Pennsylvania and Ohio through HMO, POS, PPO, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage plans. In addition, HealthAmerica earned an "Excellent" Accreditation for its HMO plan and HealthAssurance earned an "Excellent" Accreditation for the HealthAssurance POS by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to measuring the quality of America's health care.
With corporate offices in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance provide managed health care products and services to over 11,000 employers in Pennsylvania and Ohio. HealthAmerica and its affiliates employ over 1,500 people in Pennsylvania. For more information, visit HealthAmerica's website at http://www.healthamerica.cvty.com/ .
HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance
CONTACT: Kristen Lane, Manager of Public Relations of HealthAmerica andHealthAssurance, +1-412-553-7566, or +1-800-735-2202, or klane@cvty.com
Web site: http://www.healthamerica.cvty.com/http://www.lightenuperie.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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