1. The Health Coach Group presented THC The Health Coach Group Copyright 2012 All Rights Reserved 1

2. Why this is Urgent America spends more than $2.5 trillion a year on healthcare. In 1980 less than 50% of Americans were overweight; today that number is more than 65% and growing. 1/3 of all children today will eventually suffer from diabetes.

3. Why this is Urgent 80% of preventable disease risk factors are influenced by behaviors like:  Smoking  over-eating  poor diet  lack of exercise. By 2020, it is estimated that half of all Americans will have chronic disease.

4. The Future of Health Care Prevention, Prevention, Prevention 2009, March; Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Mark Hyman testified before the US Senate about shifting our healthcare efforts from disease intervention to health promotion.

5. Our Coaches' Expertise Goal Setting › Family relationships › Food quality & quantity › Self-care › Seasonal cooking › Achieving balance › Attitude and energy of the cook › Circle of life › Food Selection › Healthy snacks › Intimacy, love, touch › Simple eating Quick healthy meals for busy people

6. Our health coaches' Education Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Certificate (CHC) Continuing education from The State University of New York American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP)

7. How the Doctor benefits  Spend less time answering phones on minute problems more time with those with chronic illness  We bridge the gap between the patient and clinician  Access to the day to day progress of your patients (keeping a healthy diet, exercise, etc.)

8. How the Doctors Benefit  They will have overall healthier patients  Absolutely no risk to the Doctor  Educate the patient on the resources available to them in the community  Doctors will have more time, to see more patients.

9. Patients we can Help  those who....  are overweight  have high blood pressure  have diabetes  have chrones disease  recently discharged from the hospital  have cancer  have high cholesterol  Anyone who needs live healthier

10. "Give a man a fish he eats for a day, teach a man to fish,and he eats for a lifetime" Lets work together and extend the lifetime of your patients with certified health care coaching.