Coronary Health Improvement program (CHIP)

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What’s CHIP?
CHIP (Coronary health Improvement oprogram) is an educationally intensive lifestyle intervention program with more than 50,000 graduates worldwide. Founded by Dr. Hans Diehl, and endorsed by the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), The CHIP program focuses on markedly reducing coronary risk factor levels through the adoption of better health habits and appropriate lifestyle changes. The goal is to facilitate disease reversal by lowering blood cholesterol, triglyceride and blood sugar levels by reducing excess weight, lowering high blood pressure, enhancing daily exercise, and by eliminating smoking. Risk factor levels are carefully assessed before the educational intervention begins, immediate following the completion of the 40-hour educational program, The results have been published in the American Journal of Cardiology (1998) and the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2002) and other peer reviewed journals.
The program is either conducted over a period of four weeks, where people meet from Monday through Thursday for two hours for four weeks, or, they attend the CHIP program offered twice a week for eight weeks.

The CHIP program is currently conducted in more than 150 cities via the video program offered through faith-based communities, through licensed CHIP leaders, or through arrangements with corporations.
CHIP is based on the foundation that, according to the U.S. Surgeon General, 75% of our Western diseases are “lifestyle-related.” They relate to our rich diet, our lack of exercise, our use of cigarettes, alcohol, and caffeine, our level of stress, and the quality of our support. The diseases include: heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, gout, arthritis, overweight, certain adult cancers, impotence, diverticular disease, constipation, heartburn, and gall bladder disease. The CHIP program is community-based, works closely with local GPs.
The CHIP Video Program is offered in a 4-week (4 meetings per week) format,. Below is a link which gives a brief overview of program.

http://www.chiponline.org/chipvideo or also see

http://www.chiphealth.org.au/ for more info

Contact : Darren on 0438574691 or bairnsdalechip@gmail.com


Information sessions areon

Jan 20 and 25 11am and 6.30pm

Bairnsdale Seventh Day Adventist church and Community centre
455 princes Highway Bairnsdale

Cost
$290 single
$465 per couple

Program commences 1st feb running for 4 weeks