By 2015, several of the top food makers in the U.S. have pledged to reduce calorie counts by 1.5 trillion.  The most exciting part of this announcement is that they are targeting portion sizes as one of the primary ways to meet their goal.  It seems that after years of portion sizes creeping upwards, we [...]

A new community bicycle program is launching in incentaHEALTH’s backyard in Denver, Colorado.  The program—similar to programs running in several European cities—allows anyone to do a short-term bike rental whenever they need to get around.  This is a great way to make it easy for people to integrate physical activity into their day. Below is [...]

Today we are excited to announce a new tool for employers looking to quantify the reduction in health care costs that can result from a wellness program. By visiting the “Measurable Results” section of incentaHEALTH.com, employers can enter the number of employees in their company and calculate how much the incentaHEALTH Wellness Program should save [...]

A recently concluded study by researchers at Columbia University and The City College of New York has found that being overweight is now the leading cause of preventable disease.  The study—which looked at survey data from more than 3.5 million American adults over a 16 year window—found that for the first time overweight has edged [...]

At the CDC’s Weight of the Nation conference in Washington DC last week, the CDC cited a new study showing that the cost of obesity in the United States has doubled over the past decade.  Perhaps even more startling was the statistic that over 9% of all medical costs are now due to obesity. Some [...]