Community Wellness – Page 5

POLL: 73% of Americans would try to lose weight if the government offered an incentive

The question of how and where to apply incentives to behavior change is a popular source of debate. Forbes has a good article summarizing research that shows that the majority of Americans would try to lose weight if the government offered an incentive. Of those that would try, 51% indicated "I would try really hard" to lose [...]

incentaHEALTH’s Community Wellness Programs Rapidly Engage the Consumer Health Market

Examining the market reach of incentaHEALTH's community wellness platform is yielding some surprising results. In the Colorado market, our Weigh and Win program (run in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente Colorado) has reached almost 2% of the statewide overweight population. For a program only 3 years old, that is a rapid adoption rate. In a similar community wellness [...]

Winners of the Winter Team Challenge achieve a 12% weight loss

Here's an inspiring story of the members of the winning team from our recent Winter Team Challenge. This team lost an impressive 12% average body weight for each member of the team! It's always great to hear from the real world people that are using our wellness platform to transform that behaviors around Healthy Eating and [...]

Weigh and Win participant loses 180 pounds since 2011

The Denver Post has a nice interview with one of our Weigh and Win participants. Carletta has lost 180 pounds through our kiosk-based community wellness program. The Weigh and Win program--the first of its kind in the country--uses patented HEALTHspot kiosks to allow participants to privately track their progress as they learn Healthy Eating and Active [...]

incentaHEALTH powers community weight loss platform in Colorado

In the three years since the program began, Weigh and Win has helped Coloradans lose more than 125,000 pounds and distributed $220,000 in cash rewards. Weigh and Win is a free community program for all Colorado residents that pays cash rewards for weight improvement and maintenance. In 2013, Weigh and Win had over 67,000 weigh-ins completed, integrated with [...]

The incentaHEALTH Solution!

The incentaHEALTH Wellness Platform is a powerhouse solution for engaging your entire workforce. With a slew of components designed to maximize the four dimensions of a successful wellness program, incentaHEALTH works! What are the four dimensions of a successful wellness program? Reach: What percentage of the population has signed up? Retention: What percentage of participants stay [...]

40,000 people have joined the Weigh and Win movement!

Over 40,000 people have joined the Weigh And Win movement! We just crossed over 40,000 members in WeighAndWin.com! We are delighted by the growing (or should I say "shrinking" since we're talking weight loss) group of Coloradans interested in healthy eating and active living that join our community wellness movement every day! Have you joined Weigh [...]

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