'Revolution Health(R) Goals' combines the power of social networking and
the best expert advice for an innovative way to "Start Your Revolution"
this year
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Every year, the story is the same:
New Year's resolutions made, New Year's resolutions broken. Can the new
trend of social networking be combined with online health tools and expert
advice to break this cycle? Revolution Health Network - the fastest growing
health properties on the internet - today launched "Resolutions 2.0," its
new campaign to do just that.
"Resolutions 2.0" is a comprehensive system on RevolutionHealth.com
designed to help people make and keep their health-related New Year's
resolutions (most commonly around weight loss, fitness, smoking cessation
and improved diet). The key elements of "Resolutions 2.0" include:
-- Revolution Health Goals(TM) is a new set of online tools to help people
set their health goals and draw support from others to meet them.
Revolution Health Goals allows people to set goals and develop
achievable action plans to meet those goals. They can easily track
their progress (and the progress of their friends), ask for
encouragement (or prodding) from community members and invite their
friends to share in their efforts. They can even print out a "Goals on
the Go(TM)" booklet to remind them of their pledge when they are away
from their computer.
-- Revolution Health Groups(TM) features groups that are led by high-
profile experts in their fields who will provide, free-of-charge,
regular support to group members as they seek to achieve their health
resolutions. Among the experts providing this free access to group
members are pediatrician Dr. Stacy Stryer, weight-loss expert Dr. Jim
Hill (for the "lose 50 pounds" group), physician and author Edward
Hallowell, and many others. (See listing below.)
-- Revolution Health Tools and Trackers(TM) feature fun and engaging
online tools to further refine your measurement of your progress, to
track your progress and to help you understand your health issues
better.
Experts concur that people are more likely to achieve their health
goals if they are working toward them with a group of like-minded people.
Tapping into that trend, the Resolutions 2.0 approach harnesses the power
of social networking by bringing together groups of people with the same
goals. This dynamic creates support and accountability, turning resolutions
- no matter how large or small - into an engaging, fun new way of life.
"The beginning of a new year always brings with it a fresh start and
the best of intentions to change one's life for the better," said Steve
Case, chairman and CEO of Revolution Health. "We all make New Year's
resolutions but going it alone can often make those good intentions a
grind. By adding the power of friend-to-friend support along with expert
information, RevolutionHealth.com is offering a simple, fun and free way
for people to achieve goals they never have before."
Additionally, to jumpstart the fun and power of building groups of
people to achieve their resolutions, RevolutionHealth.com is offering the
opportunity for five lucky winners and two of their friends to win personal
health coaching over the phone for six months. Everyone who simply sets a
goal, joins a RevolutionHealth.com group, invites their friends and has two
or more join along will automatically be eligible for the chance to win.
The sweepstakes starts on January 1st.
Featured "Revolution Health Goals, Groups"
As part of "Resolutions 2.0", RevolutionHealth.com is making available
its team of health and medical experts that consumers typically could not
access for tailored advice. These top-tier health experts will establish a
set of activities to help group members meet goals, regularly post notes of
encouragement and advice to the group, and email group members. Consumers
can join an expert-led group or create their own group and goal with their
friends.
Experts leading groups include:
-- Improve My Relationship/Marriage: Follow Mira Kirshenbaum's lead to
bring intimacy and enhanced communication into your most prized
relationships. Ms. Kirshenbaum is a respected psychotherapist and co-
founder and clinical director of The Chestnut Hill Institute in Boston.
-- Keep My Family Active: Improve your own health by motivating your
family to get and stay active with Stacy Stryer, MD: Pediatrician;
author of "The Portable Pediatrician."
-- Take Charge of Your Life: Renowned author and Doctor Edward Hallowell
offers sound advice for people trying to take charge of their crazy
busy lives. Based on his book Crazy Busy, Dr. Hallowell's group
emphasizes the importance of connections with others and the pain
people suffer as a result of "culturally induced" ADD.
-- Become A Complaint Free Person: Start the year more positively by
eliminating negativity from your life with Reverend Bowen, author of A
Complaint Free World.
-- Eat Right and Stay Slim: Educate yourself and your family on how to
eat better with Sandra Foschi, MS, PT, CNS CND; Physical therapist and
nutritionist. Foschi is the founder of Health SOS, a New York company
that provides nutrition and private training.
-- Walk More to Lose Weight: Motivate yourself to begin losing weight or
maintain your weight with this simple walking program hosted by James
O. Hill, PhD, obesity and weight management expert; co-founder of
"America on the Move," a nonprofit, science-based program that
initiates changes to support healthful eating and active living habits.
-- Sleep At Least 7 Hours A Night: Sleep better with the help of J.
Steven Poceta, MD, neurologist and sleep disorder specialist; on staff
at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, CA, and adjunct associate professor in
the Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department at The Scripps
Research Institute.
-- Have a Smoke Free Day: Want to quit smoking? Start on the path to a
smoke-free life with Joe Scherger, MD, professor of clinical family and
preventive medicine at the University of California, San Diego School
of Medicine.
-- Lose Up to 20 lbs By Spring: Learn the recipe to weight-loss success
with Val Jones, MD, MA, Revolution Health senior medical director,
founder of the Clinical Nutrition and Obesity e-section of the Medscape
General Medicine journal. Dr. Jones has worked part time as a food
critic in New York City, a medical cartoonist, and Chief Resident of
Rehabilitation Medicine at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan.
-- De-stress: Battle stress one day at a time with Brad Jacobs, MD, MPH,
Revolution Health senior medical director and recognized national
leader in Integrative Medicine, and Health and Wellness. Dr. Jacobs is
board-certified in internal medicine and has studied acupuncture,
herbal medicine, nutrition, yoga and martial arts.
The wisdom of the panel of experts and their willingness to join this
resolution revolution, coupled with RevolutionHealth.com's online support
groups and tools, will make New Year's Resolutions more achievable than
ever before.
About Revolution Health
Revolution Health Group LLC was created by AOL Co-Founder Steve Case to
create products and services that empower people by putting them at the
center of the health system. The cornerstone of the company is
RevolutionHealth.com, which was named the Best Overall Internet Health Site
by the eHealthcare Leadership Awards. The free consumer health and medical
web site marries expert content and online tools with the power of social
networking. Revolution Health also offers premium services that enable
companies to provide health content and customized online tools to their
employees, an insurance marketplace and CarePages
(http://www.carepages.com), health care's largest social network that
provides the emotional support needed for healing and well-being. For more
information go to http://www.RevolutionHealth.com.
Contact: Brad Burns
brad.burns@revolution.com
(202) 776-1400
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