Lasting Weight Loss – The Top 12 Ways to Keep it Off
This Toolkit is the result of ongoing dialogue with large employers who tell us that, although weight loss receives more attention, it is weight maintenance that matters most. The National Business Group on Health, its Institute on the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity and Weight Watchers International have partnered to bring you this Toolkit which synthesizes the best available information and evidence about what works from the published literature, the National Weight Control Registry, and the Science Center at WeightWatchers.com.
All of the material in this Toolkit is available to National Business Group on Health members for their own use. In particular, the 12 short articles, authored by Weight Watchers® Chief Scientific Officer, Karen Miller-Kovach, are specifically designed for employers to reprint, brand and use with their own employees, dependents and retirees. Companies can choose to publish one each month or post the entire collection on an intranet site. As Business Group members, feel free to customize by adding your own logo, and by referencing your own employee programs in the Editor's Notes Sections.
Click here to view a segment on the authors and collaborators.
There are five sections included (Power Point Presentation, Articles Geared to Employers, Articles Geared to Employees, Article Geared to Employers and Employees, and Reference Guide).
PowerPoint Presentation
Outlines the top 12 ways to keep weight off. It can be shown at an employee gathering, such as a Lunch & Learn, and contains the full script in Notes format.
*Please note: The PowerPoint file is 6.4 MG and may take a few minutes to open. In order to see the notes within each page of the PowerPoint presentation, please save the presentation to your desktop and open the presentation with PowerPoint, not within the browser. The printable version of the presentation will include a combo-view of both slide and related notes when notes are included.
Articles Geared to Employers
Explain "why" employers should help employees maintain a healthy weight, and include practical "tactics" to help keep a program fresh.
- Why Employers Should Help Employees Maintain Their Weight
- Keeping Weight Maintenance Programs Fresh
Articles Geared to Employees
Include the 12 top ways to keep the weight off, as referenced in the PowerPoint presentation. They can be used individually, or run monthly as a series. Additionally, a byline by Karen Miller-Kovach, Weight Watchers Chief Scientific Officer, as well as her photo can be added for graphic appeal and professional reference.
- How Getting Into an Eating Routine Can Help You Maintain Your Weight
- Maintain Your Weight Loss by Eating "Normally"
- Good Reasons to Eat Wisely When You're Eating Out
- Walk/Swim/Dance Your Way to Weight Maintenance
- How Maximizing Muscle Can Minimize Weight Regain
- Everyday Activity -- A Secret Strategy for Maintaining Weight Loss
- The Importance of Keeping Your Eye on "Number One"
- The Right Mindset -- A Valuable Tool for Maintaining Weight
- The Connection Between Weight Maintenance and Well-Being
- How Realistic Expectations Increase the Odds of Lasting Weight Loss
- Support: Everybody Needs Some
- Family Members Can Boost Weight Maintenance
Article Geared to Employers and Employees
Focusing on ideal weight, this article is intended to help establish realistic goals and expectations.
- Is Your Ideal Weight Only In Your Dreams?
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