PITTSBURGH, July 7 /PRNewswire/ — Nestle HealthCare Nutrition, Inc. and BodyMedia, Inc., have formed a strategic partnership to promote SenseWear(R) WMS to clinics using OPTIFAST(R), Nestle’s medically monitored weight loss program.
The OPTIFAST Program, offered in over 400 clinics nationwide, is one of the most comprehensive weight loss options available and has been shown to be effective in more than 80 clinical studies. In a study of over 20,000 participants who completed a 22-week program, the average weight loss was 52 pounds with an average decrease of 15 percent in cholesterol, 29 percent in blood glucose and 10 percent in blood pressure.(1) The OPTIFAST Program combines support and counseling, lifestyle education, and medical monitoring with meal replacements to help people lose weight and reduce weight-related health risks. A team of dedicated medical professionals provides support to participants during each phase of the program.
“We are very eager to make SenseWear WMS available to our customers and their participants,” said Sean Foster, Vice President of Marketing, Nestle HealthCare Nutrition. “It’s the perfect fit. Combining OPTIFAST and SenseWear enables weight loss clinics to offer the OPTIFAST meal replacement programs with comprehensive lifestyle education through personal body monitoring. We feel strongly that these complementary solutions will help patients lose weight, while allowing them to truly understand what it takes to achieve calorie balance by having personal data to assist in keeping the weight off.”
SenseWear WMS gives health professionals a powerful tool to teach patients how their day-to-day activity, nutrition and sleep habits help or hinder weight loss progress. SenseWear WMS consists of an armband, display and Web site that allow both professional and patient to see how many calories they really burn, how many they really consume and how well they really sleep, every day. The solution promotes patient self-care and enables practitioners to offer short-term metabolic and lifestyle assessments as well as more effective and educational weight-management programs.
“BodyMedia is very excited to work with the global leader in healthcare nutrition,” said Michael Soule, Senior Director of Sales and Partnerships. “We are confident that by combining these two world-class offerings, patients will see improved and sustained weight loss.”
(1) Drawert S, Beford K, Largent D. Changes in glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol with weight loss in medically obese patients. Obesity Research. 1996;4(S1):67S.
About Nestle HealthCare Nutrition, Inc.
Nestle HealthCare Nutrition, Inc. part of Nestle Nutrition, offers complete nutritional solutions for people with specific illnesses, disease states or the special challenges of different life stages. Nestle HealthCare Nutrition was formed from the combination of Novartis Medical Nutrition, acquired by Nestle in 2007, and the existing Nestle Clinical Nutrition business. The company offers the most comprehensive range of nutritional support products in the marketplace.
Nestle Nutrition helps to enhance the quality of life by supporting health and providing care for people with special nutrition needs at every stage of life. Nestle Nutrition is built around four core businesses: Infant Nutrition, HealthCare Nutrition, Performance Nutrition and Weight Management. For more information about Nestle Nutrition, please consult http://www.nestlenutrition.com/us.
About BodyMedia, Inc.
BodyMedia provides both healthcare professionals and consumers with lifestyle monitoring tools for metabolic assessment and long-term weight loss programs. By increasing patient self-awareness of their true activity, nutrition and sleep habits, BodyMedia solutions educate and motivate individuals to modify their daily behavior, to be more active, and lose weight safely and effectively. For more information on SenseWear WMS contact BodyMedia at 412-288-9901 or visit http://www.sensewear.com/.
Nestle Contact: Carie Wlos Public Relations Counselor (608) 256-6357 [email protected] BodyMedia Contact: Chris Pacione Director of Customer Marketing (412) 543-1329 [email protected]
BodyMedia, Inc.
CONTACT: Carie Wlos, Public Relations Counselor of Nestle,+1-608-256-6357, [email protected]; or Chris Pacione, Director of CustomerMarketing of BodyMedia, +1-412-543-1329, [email protected]
Web site: http://www.nestlenutrition.com/ushttp://www.bodymedia.com/
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