(Books 1, 2, 3 and Interactive Edition)
Corporate Involvement
The United States is faced with a Diabetes and Obesity epidemic!
The Facts
The number of overweight children between the ages of 6 - 11 has more than doubled since 1980 and for teens the rate has tripled!
Nearly one-third of US children between 4 – 19 eat fast food every day! Fast food consumption has increased fivefold among children since 1970.
Children born in the US after 2000, have a much greater lifetime risk of being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes -
30% for boys and 40% for girls.
Obesity-associated annual hospital costs for children alone have more than tripled from $35 million in 1981 to $127 million in 1999.
Approximately 60% of obese children aged 5 to 10 years have at least one cardiovascular disease risk factor.
By 2010 nearly half the children in North America will be overweight with 80 percent of these children likely to be overweight as adults. Statistics have shown that obese adults cost this country over $11B annually in health costs, lost productivity, and related expenses. These numbers will skyrocket as todays obese generation become tomorrows obese adults.
In an era of skyrocketing health care costs an ...
"Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Healthcare Costs"
Corporations Have The Opportunity to ...
Truly Make a Difference!
Baux Publishing was founded and is committed to reversing these dangerous epidemic trends. Working with businesses and corporations on both a local and national basis, Baux Publishing can assist you in achieving and exceeding your corporate Health & Wellness goals. Demonstrate for your employees and the community that your company is concerned and committed to reversing the above staggering trends.!
The unique advantages of the Nutrition Ambition: Reaching Your Wellness Goals program are:
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It is ahead of the 'me too' curve and is available now!
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It is fun and engaging for ALL family members
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Each family member have the opportunity to develop his/her 'Healthy Lifestyle' weekly/monthly set of goals.
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It is aligned to Federal Health and Nutrition standards
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All 9 health topics are tied back to Nutrition
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It is available for deployment both as a workbook offering or as a Nutritional & Wellness resource for your corporate web server. By having both versions available, it eliminates traditional community 'access equity' issues
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The books and the web versions can be customised to include your Health & Wellness messaging as well as branding.
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It Works!
If you are interested in learning more about the Nutrition Ambition: Reaching Your Wellness Goals series for your employess, community, or your community outreach programs please feel free to contact us. Additionally, all materials can be customized and/or 'private labeled' for corporate and 'not for profit' community marketing programs.
Help drive down the cost of health care by implementing programs and sponsorships that proactively brings about systemic change with reagards to nutrition, wellness, diet, and exercise therby reducing nutritionally related diseases!
For additional ideas on how your company can be a part of the solution please contact a Baux Publishing representative at:
Corporate_relations@bauxpublishing.com
