Nice! I got DIET 6.07 +.70 on momo started last week pushing it to a new 52wk hi on this news: eDiets.com Launches The Mayo Clinic Plan
Wednesday December 21, 8:00 am ET
Mayo Clinic's Weight Management and Lifestyle Program Available for Purchase Online December 27th
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eDiets.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIET - News), utilizing the power of the Internet to bring consumers healthy diet and fitness solutions, has teamed with Mayo Clinic to make The Mayo Clinic Plan available online. The Mayo Clinic Plan is a sustainable weight management program that emphasizes eating well and maintaining physical activity as a means to achieving better overall health. Based on Mayo Clinic clinical experience, The Mayo Clinic Plan proposes a lifestyle that embodies the enjoyment of food, setting reasonable and achievable goals, and promoting long-term health, as opposed to rapid weight loss.
eDiets.com will offer subscribers to The Mayo Clinic Plan a personalized online program that provides and delivers tools for success:
* "Print and go" shopping lists
* Weekly personalized menus
* Options that match meal plans to lifestyles
* Charting and results reports
* Dos and don'ts for losing weight
* Daily serving recommendations
* Dining-out tips
* Editorial content developed by Mayo Clinic's medical staff
* The Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid
The collaboration between Mayo Clinic and eDiets.com was born out of the shared belief that being overweight can incur severe health consequences. The Mayo Clinic Plan was designed not only to encourage healthy weight loss, but also to increase one's energy, self-confidence, and odds of living a long and vigorous life. By leveraging eDiets.com as a platform, Mayo Clinic will be able to reach millions of consumers who can benefit directly from the expertise of its professionals.
"eDiets.com is a wonderful forum for even more people to learn about The Mayo Clinic Plan. The Mayo Clinic Plan isn't just another fad, it's a lifestyle you can live with to achieve not only your weight-loss goals, but a healthier life overall," said Dr. Donald Hensrud, Chair, Division of Preventive and Occupational Medicine and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, Mayo Clinic. "Your health is the single most important reason to be concerned about your weight. With a focus on improving your health, you'll be motivated to establish clear, reasonable, and beneficial goals that will help you to manage your weight and feel great. The Mayo Clinic Plan is sensible and enables you to eat foods you enjoy and still lose weight, all while improving your health."
The eating component of the Mayo Clinic Plan is based primarily on the tenets of the Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid. The foundation of the pyramid is comprised of foods that have low energy density, meaning foods that pack few calories within a large portion or volume. These types of foods, namely vegetables and fruits, help incite the feeling of satiety without increasing calorie intake and are thus recommended in virtually unlimited quantities. Vegetables and fruits are considered low energy density foods because they contain very large amounts of water and fiber, both of which are calorie-free. The meal plan is built around healthy foods that taste great.
"This is the first time eDiets.com has worked in partnership with an authoritative institution like Mayo Clinic. We see this collaboration with Mayo Clinic as broadening the scope of our positioning in the online diet, nutrition and fitness space," said Ciaran McCourt, President of eDiets.com.
For more information about eDiets.com, please call (954) 360-9022.
About eDiets.com
eDiets.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIET - News) is a premier online diet, fitness, and healthy living destination offering 24/7 professional advice, over 20 personalized online nutrition and fitness programs, information, products and services to those seeking to improve their health and longevity. Since 1997 and as of September 30, 2005, more than 2 million consumers worldwide have become eDiets.com members. Among other honors, the site has been named a Forbes.com spring 2005 "Best of the Web" and "Forbes Favorite" in the diet and nutrition category, and a PC Magazine "Editors' Choice" in May 2004 and 2005. The company also publishes a personalized online interactive magazine, along with a family of industry-leading electronic newsletters that have an opt-in circulation base of over 13 million.
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