Health Care continues to base its systems on reacting to illness rather than preventing it. Chronic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes wreck our quality of life and cost a fortune. For obesity alone, the medical costs are estimated to be 147 billion dollars a year.
Preventive medicine saves money along with lives. A 2009 article in American Public Health Association calculated that a middle-aged person successfully treated for obesity, hypertension, and diabetes would gain about six years of life and, despite living longer, could save as much as $55,000 in lifetime medical spending.
Preventive medicine must become an integral part of our health care system. This is where health coaching comes in. There is currently no one in the healthcare system who has the job or the expertise to actually help people make the lifestyle and behavior changes that they want to make. It is hard to change engrained behaviors. An Integrative Health Coach is trained to help people clarify their personal health goals and achieve them.
My decision to attend the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) and become a nutrition and wellness coach was one of the most transformational decisions of my life.
IIN taught me the information, skills, and practical steps I needed to build my health couching business from scratch... and make back my entire IIN tuition before graduation.
I was recently interviewed by IIN to speak of my success as a health coach. If you've ever thought about becoming a holistic wellness counselor, listen to this interview. You can create your dream job!
(you will be required to put in an email address to listen to the webinar. It is a formality- you will not be spammed!)
Here's to the future of nutrition!!
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