Thank you to Stamford Hospital, the BetterU program sponsor, for their support of the program and for their commitment to women's health. And many thanks to the staff supporting the participants for their leadership, inspiration and motivation!
And thanks to Kendra Porter, Image Consultant, Glo Beauty Bar and Denise Simon Studios for providing free beauty makeovers for the group for the evening!
The BetterU participants had some outstanding results from the program!
As a group:
- 42.2 lbs total weight loss
or 3.0% drop in body weight for group overall
- 26.4% drop in triglycerides
- 4.1% drop in fasting
glucose
- 8.7% drop in resting heart
- 4.2% drop in diastolic
blood pressure
- 25.3 inches lost around
the waist or 6.9% drop in waist circumference
- 2.8% drop in body fat
percentage
- 53.3% increase in
flexibility
- 31% increase in sit-ups (core
strength)
- 94.4% increase in pushups (muscular
strength)
- 70% increase in balance
test time
- 100% increase per day in
fruit and vegetable intake (double intake from program start)
- 50% increase per week in
heart healthy fish intake
- 41.7% increase per week in
whole grain intake (less refined starches/grains more whole)
- 41.5% drop in daily sodium
intake (average drop of 1493 mg/day)
- 93% drop in calories per
week from added sugars
- 58.3% increase in
nuts/seeds/legumes intake per week
- 81.8% decrease in
processed meat intake per week
- 58.7% drop in saturated
fat percentage of total daily calorie intake
- 23.3% increase in American Heart Association My Life Check score
- Highest weight loss for an
individual participant 17 lbs
- A 10 point increase in HDL
level
- A 201 point drop in
triglyceride level
- A 13 point drop in fasting
glucose level
- A 6.25 loss of inches
around the waist
- An increase in pushups of
13 and an increase in sit-ups of 13
- A participant who
increased her weekly exercise minutes by 270
- A participant who increase
her daily intake of fruits and vegetables by 4 cups
We invite everyone to learn more about preventing women's #1 killer--heart disease, at www.goredforwomen.org .