Clinically Significant Weight Loss
HMR offers proven solutions for healthcare payers and providers looking to address the problem of obesity. Obesity and its comorbidities are estimated to be responsible for 75% of healthcare spending.1 HMR can help your population lose weight, and learn how to incorporate the lifestyle changes needed to reduce risk factors and maintain weight loss long term.
1Finkelstein EA et al. Am J Prev Med. 2012;42(6):563-570
Proven Effective
43-66 lbs.
28-37 lbs.
1J Am Diet Assoc 2009; 109:1417-1421; Int J Obes 2007; 31:488-493; J Am Coll Nutr 2005; 24:347-353.
2J Am Diet Assoc 2009;109:1417-1421; Postgrad Med 2011;123:205-213; Int J Obes 2007;31:1270-1276; Obes 2013;21:1951-1959.
These studies were supported and/or sponsored by HMR, including financial support in some cases. Some of the investigators in some of the studies were employees of HMR and/or members of the HMR Medical Advisory Board.
Intensive Lifestyle-Change Intervention
"Meaningful weight loss" is more than just pounds lost. Helping your overweight population lose weight, become more active, and live a healthier lifestyle can be an effective, sustainable way to reduce medical risk factors and associated costs. Learning and practicing healthy lifestyle skills is critical for long-term weight and health management. It can also help reduce the risk factors associated with the development of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and other expensive, chronic diseases. Healthy lifestyle changes - average American versus HMR participant:
The Average American
12.6
83
HMR PARTICIPANT*
44.6
2,134
1 State of the Plate: 2010 Study of America's Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables-The Produce for Better Health Foundation. Reported as 1.8 cups of fruits and vegetables per day. 2PA Council-4/22/15. 3Donnelly JE, et al. Int J Obes 2007. Data self-reported.
*Enrolled in Healthy Solutions at Home with phone support.
Health Outcomes
Weight loss is associated with favorable changes in medical risk factors such as blood pressure, lipids, and blood glucose, and the medications commonly used to treat these risk factors. The following are changes associated with weight loss for HMR clinic patients who: enrolled in HMR's clinic-based Decision-Free® or Healthy Solutions® programs at one of 43 U.S.-based HMR clinics, completed a baseline health risk assessment (HRA), and a follow-up HRA during the weight-maintenance phase of the program (July/August 2013).
Poster T-2083 presented at Obesity Week 2014; Boston, MA
Case Study
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Data from 76 patients who enrolled in HMR's clinic-based Decision-Free® or Healthy Solutions® programs. Patients completed a baseline Health Risk Assessment (HRA) and a follow-up HRA during the weight-maintenance phase of the program at an average of 2.5 years follow-up. Patients were excluded if they did not have complete biometric values.
1 Stifler LTP (HMR Founder), Treating Obesity and Preventing Costly Chronic Conditions. Group Practice Journal, April 15, 2011, 26-30
2 Data on file.
Case Study
University of Kentucky Medical School
This was a retrospective comparison study (chart review) between patients with diabetes who went through the HMR clinic program (n=29) or a usual care group in an endocrine specialty clinic (n=26) who completed lifestyle education classes by a certified diabetes educator. Average 30-day estimated cost of insulin from baseline to six months from baseline to six months decreased $197.28 for HMR clinic patients, vs. an increase of $131.91 for control patients. Insulin costs were estimated based upon scheduled insulin used and cost information from Drugs.com
Case Study
Aurora Health Care
Data from employees who enrolled in HMR's Healthy Solutions at Home Program (n=76), and completed at least 10 weeks (February 2013 - September 2013). Average time in the program was 16 weeks, and included participants in Phase 1 (weight loss) and Phase 2 (maintenance).
PARTICIPANT SATISFACTION† 92% very satisfied or satisfied with rate of weight loss
-24.1
-3.9
39
1,896
1Confare AS, May SH, Facing the Obesity Epidemic. Group Practice Journal, April 2014;63:42-48
†Satisfaction data from 40 participants
*Self-reported data.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends the following behavioral interventions for weight loss, 100% supported by the HMR Program
- Individual or group sessions
- Setting weight-loss goals
- Improving diet and nutrition
- Physical activity
- Addressing barriers to change
- Self-monitoring
- Strategies to maintain lifestyle changes
Moyer VA. Screening for and Management of Obesity in Adults: U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med, 2012; 157; 373-378
A Selection of Clinical Study Highlights
Publications
These studies were supported and/or sponsored by HMR, including financial support in some cases. Some of the investigators in some of the studies were employees of HMR and/or members of the HMR Medical Advisory Board.