Fruits and vegetables, a scale, and a water bottle placed next to a sign that says "Invest in your health"Wake Forest’s Healthy Exercise and Lifestyle ProgramS (HELPS) is now accepting applications for the 2024 fall semester Therapeutic Lifestyle Change program. 

Therapeutic Lifestyle Change is a 12-week program offered to full-time, permanent Wake Forest University employees free of charge. The program is designed to assist and support individuals who want to make healthy changes but aren’t sure where to start.

Therapeutic Lifestyle Change ​​is a medically directed, professionally supervised program that utilizes exercise and education to help develop a healthy and active lifestyle. 

Starting September 11, weekly group sessions will be held in person on Wednesdays from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Program highlights:

  • Individualized assessments and follow-up. Entry physical activity levels are evaluated. This information is used to determine and define the amount of physical activity you need to foster a healthy and active lifestyle.  
  • Entry dietary intake is assessed through computer-analyzed food records. Specific calorie, nutrient and food group changes are identified.
  • Entry body composition (including bone density measures). This will be assessed through a DXA scan. 
  • Optional supervised exercise sessions at our conveniently located exercise facility at the Health & Exercise Science Clinical Research Center. 
  • Weekly small group sessions held in person that teach behavioral strategies for the management of physical activity and nutrition. 

This program is designed for participants who meet the following criteria:

  • Full-time, permanent Wake Forest University employee
  • Able to attend weekly sessions for 12 weeks

To enroll or request more information, contact program director Kristy Wood at lievk20@wfu.edu or 336.758.5853. Space is limited.

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