Dr. Neil Gordon of Nationwide Better Health to Present New Findings on Lifestyle Health Coaching at AACVPR Annual Meeting
Chief medical and science officer demonstrates that program can
help combat both obesity and cardiovascular disease
COLUMBUS, Ohio--(Business Wire)--
Nationwide Better Health(SM), a leading provider of health and
productivity management solutions, announced today that its chief
medical and science officer, Dr. Neil Gordon, will present his
research entitled "Effect of a Lifestyle Health Coaching Program on
Multiple Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Participants with
Classes I, II, and III Obesity" at the American Association of
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) annual conference
in Indianapolis, Ind. today, Sept. 19 and Saturday Sept. 20, between
10:30 - 11 a.m. Dr. Gordon will be available for questions and
discussion during the session time noted, located in the Indianapolis
Convention Center.
Despite unprecedented public attention, the obesity epidemic
continues to plague the U.S., as rates of adult obesity now exceed 25
percent of the population in 19 states(1). Obesity is a major risk
factor for cardiovascular disease. According to the American Heart
Association, cardiovascular disease kills nearly 2,400 Americans each
day. Moreover, the estimated direct and indirect cost of
cardiovascular disease in the U.S. for 2008 is $448.5 billion.
In a landmark one-year study conducted with 3,613 adults with
classes I, II and III obesity, Dr. Gordon et. al. demonstrated that
obese individuals can significantly improve multiple cardiovascular
disease risk factors by participating in a one-year lifestyle health
coaching program.
When enrolled in the Nationwide Better Health lifestyle health
coaching program, participants benefited from weight loss, reductions
in blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, blood glucose, and the
overall chances of having a heart attack. The study shows that even
individuals with severe obesity can derive substantial benefit from
the program.
Dr. Gordon's study serves to demonstrate the important role that a
carefully structured, evidence-based lifestyle health coaching program
can play in combating both the obesity and cardiovascular disease
epidemics. The study's findings have important implications for
preventing unnecessary death and disability, enhancing productivity,
and reducing rapidly escalating health care expenditures in the U.S.
To learn more about the Nationwide Better Health lifestyle health
coaching program, visit
http://www.nwbetterhealth.com/products-services/health-promotion.html.
About Nationwide Better Health
Nationwide Better Health(SM), a subsidiary of Nationwide(R), is a
leading provider of health and productivity management solutions,
aimed at improving the health and productivity of America's workforce.
Nationwide Better Health is the first company to truly integrate the
best collection of health and productivity services available today,
including health and wellness, and disease, disability, absence,
medical and maternity management. The company's offerings work
together and independently to address both sides of the cost equation:
increased efficiency of health and productivity programs and better
employee health and well-being to reduce health care-related costs.
For more information, call 866.404.6924 or visit:
www.nwbetterhealth.com.
Nationwide, the Nationwide framemark and On Your Side are
federally registered service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company. Nationwide Better Health is a service mark of Nationwide
Mutual Insurance Company.
(1) Trust for America's Health, 2007: F as in Fat: How Obesity
Policies are Failing in America
Nationwide Better Health
Terri Erlenbach, 614-249-5755
erlenbt@nwbetterhealth.com
or
Elizabeth Stelzer, 614-249-1025
stelzee@nationwide.com
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