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Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore (April 14, 2008) – The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM), which was launched in 2007 as a professional resource for practitioners seeking to incorporate lifestyle practices into clinical medicine, has been named a finalist for a 2008 Maggie Award.
Maggie Awards recognize excellence in publishing and have been presented by the Western Publications Association for more than 50 years. AJLM is a finalist for Best Publication in the Medical, Dental & Related Services field. Winners of the 57th Annual Maggie Awards will be announced at a dinner banquet on May 2nd in Los Angeles.
AJLM, published bimonthly by SAGE, presents a broad range of articles intended to help primary care providers and other health professionals guide their patients to lead healthier lifestyles. The journal provides commentaries and research reviews on nutrition and diet, cardiovascular disease, obesity, anxiety and depression, sleep problems, metabolic disease, and more in a readable, immediately accessible, and usable format.
The editor of the journal, Dr. James M. Rippe, MD, is a nationally renowned cardiologist and authority on health, fitness, and healthy weight loss. Author of 41 books on health and fitness for the public and editor of leading medical textbooks in intensive care and lifestyle medicine, Dr. Rippe is the founder of Rippe Lifestyle Institute, a leading research, communication and health promotion organization. He is also the founder and director of the Rippe Health Evaluation, a series of comprehensive health evaluations conducted at the state-of-the-art medical and fitness facility in Celebration, Florida.
“This is a tremendous honor for our journal,” said Dr. Rippe. “It’s a credit to the vision we shared with SAGE in identifying this market, to the editorial board who have been so committed to advancing this type of medicine and research, and to all the practitioners who have responded to the journal so favorably. To be recognized like this in only our second year is phenomenal.”
Visit the journal online at http://ajlm.sagepub.com.
SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine. A privately owned corporation, SAGE has principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore. www.sagepublications.com
NASHVILLE, TN -- Following the principles of high performance health just got even easier with the publication of a companion book, the High Performance Health Workbook, by best selling author James M. Rippe, M.D. The content of the High Performance Health Workbook is structured to parallel that of High Performance Health, also written by Dr. Rippe. The announcement of the new publication was made today by Thomas Nelson Publishers.
 
The High Performance Health Workbook is a user-friendly book that provides a series of questions and exercises designed for either individual or group participation as a study guide to High Performance Health. In High Performance Health, Dr. Rippe, for the first-time ever to the general public, gives his 10 step mind-body-spirit program used by top executives and star athletes to supercharge their health. This empowering approach to health and well-being redefines health as more than just the absence of disease, but as being an active participant in achieving your best life now.
"I hope the High Performance Health Workbook will encourage individuals to apply the principles of High Performance Health more directly to their daily lives," stated Dr. Rippe. "Together, these two books provide all the tools a person needs to turn their health into a high performance tool."
The High Performance Health Workbook is the third book by Dr. Rippe to be published by Thomas Nelson. It joins High Performance Health (published in June, 2007) which can be found at www.highperformancehealth.net and Your Plan For A Balanced Life (published in January, 2008) which can be found at www.startmakingchoices.com
Dr. Rippe is a world renowned cardiologist and lifestyle medicine expert. He runs the largest lifestyle medicine research laboratory in the world (Rippe Lifestyle Institute) and has been called the "Father of the modern American walking movement." Thomas Nelson is one of America's largest book publishers and can be found at www.thomasnelson.com 
OMAHA, NEB – With all that life demands, it's no wonder Americans are overscheduled, overcommitted and overwhelmed. In fact, according to a new national survey commissioned by ConAgra Foods, 90 percent of adults want to lead more balanced lives in the New Year; however, only 21 percent think it's achievable. What's more, an estimated 60 percent of Americans who make New Year's resolutions break them within three months.₁ ConAgra Foods is serving up a solution to help people stay true to their activity, nutrition and well-being resolutions. The company today announced a new program called Start Making Choices™ - Your Plan for a Balanced Life,™ a free, online resource to help consumers create a customized and sustainable plan to achieve balance. ConAgra Foods is giving Americans the information and interactive tools they need to make simple changes in their diet, their activity level and well-being that can help lead to a more balanced life. Based on three universal components of a balanced life - nutrition, activity and well-being - Start Making Choices empowers people to create a personalized plan that fits into their daily lives. The new initiative was developed with Dr. James Rippe, a Harvard-trained cardiologist, pioneer in lifestyle medicine and author of Your Plan For A Balanced Life, the companion book to the Start Making Choices program. "Between personal trainers and crash diet programs, New Year's resolutions can be expensive - and short-lived," said Dr. Rippe. "Start Making Choices is free, and it allows you to work at your own pace and integrate small changes over time that will ultimately help to get your life more in balance." Adopting the nutrition and physical activity recommendations outlined in the USDA's MyPyramid, Start Making Choices helps consumers focus on total health by adding well-being to the equation. "We know that life balance means more than just physical health," said Dr. Al Bolles, executive vice president of Research, Quality & Innovation at ConAgra Foods. "In fact, more than a third of survey respondents rated relationships as the most important part of their overall health. Start Making Choices differs from other programs because its combined focus on nutrition, activity and well-being allows consumers to truly achieve balance in their lives, which translates into sustainability. The Balanced Life Index Taking the Balanced Life Index (BLI) assessment, developed in partnership with Dr. Rippe and based on scientific research, is the first step in finding balance. People can visit StartMakingChoices.com to take a science-based survey, exclusive to the program, to determine their current balance status. Based on each individual's BLI score, Start Making Choices will provide a customized Balanced Life Plan to help users achieve their personal goals. The plan is personalized with food plans, activities and tips for optimizing a sense of well-being that are easily incorporated into daily life. By following the Balanced Life Plan, consumers can track and improve their BLI to impact their overall health. With the Start Making Choices program, consumers can download wellness podcasts, register for newsletters and recipe makeovers, and design a plan for a Balanced Life™ that's quick, easy and personalized - and free! Visit www.StartMakingChoices.com for more information. --- ₁ Prevention Magazine Survey, January 2007
THOUSAND OAKS, CA -- World renowned cardiologist and leading lifestyle medicine physician Dr. James M. Rippe, announces a partnership with Sage Publications, Inc. to create the world's first Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine & Health. The six-volume series will be available in both print and electronic formats. This monumental work will help crystallize the field of lifestyle medicine for a braod audience, exploring how daily lifestyle habits and practices directly impact health. From A to Z, this work will cover such themes and topic areas as cardiovascular health, lifestyle management and prevention, nutrition, environmental stress, obesity and weight management, exercise and sports pyschology, pediatric fitness, public policy and health promotion and more.
"We look forward to working with the Lifestyle Medicine community to create a landmark work for promoting and advancing the field," said Sage Publications.
Work on the encyclopedia is now underway, with a writing and development schedule projected over the course of the next 18 months.
If you would be interested in serving as a contributing author for one or more entries, please email or call Managing Editor Beth Grady, Rippe Lifestyle Institute, 508-756-1306 or bgrady@rippelifestyle.com. 
BALTIMORE, MD -- World renowned cardiologist Dr. James Rippe and football legend Joe Montana have capped another successful year of personal visits on their nationwide BP Success Zone tour. The popular pair have been conducting a national education campaign to control high blood pressure.
In 2007, the duo visited 21 cities in person and another 30 cities via satellite media tour. Dr. Rippe speaks about the importance of controlling blood pressure to lower the risk of heart disease and stroke, while football legend Joe Montana shares his personal experience as an individual with high blood pressure.
Over the past five years, Rippe and Montana have visited over 60 cities in person, 140 cities via satellite media tour and conducted over 1,300 media interviews. Dr. Rippe points out, "Joe Montana and I are committed to highlighting the message of the importance of controlling high blood pressure. With over 72 million American adults suffering from high blood pressure, if we can move the needle merely 1%, we can affect the lives of over 725,000 individuals."
Cities visited by Dr. Rippe and Mr. Montana during 2007 include the following:
Atlanta, GA- January 31, 2007
Ft. Lauderdale, FL- February 1, 2007
Miami, FL- February 1, 2007
Miami Beach, FL- February 1, 2007
Miami Gardens, FL- February 2, 2007
Miramar, FL- February 2, 2007
Harrisburg, PA- February 20, 2007
Camp Hill, PA- February 20, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA- February 21, 2007
Wilkinsburg, PA- February 21, 2007
Cleveland, OH- April 4, 2007
Akron, OH- April 4, 2007
Independence, OH- April 4, 2007
Albany, NY- April 25, 2007
Latham, NY- April 25, 2007
Buffalo, NY- April 26, 2007
San Bernardino, CA- June 5, 2007
Riverside, CA- June 5, 2007
San Diego, CA- June 6, 2007
La Jolla, CA- June 6, 2007
Austin, TX- June 27, 2007
San Antonio, TX- June 28, 2007
Knoxville, TN- July 10, 2007
Seattle, WA- July 11, 2007
Des Moines, IA- September 18, 2007
Chicago, IL- September 19, 2007
Warrenville, IL- September 19, 2007
South Bend, IN- October 2, 2007
Tulsa, OK- October 3, 2007
Kansas City, MO- October 24, 2007
Shawnee Mission, KS- October 24, 2007
Richmond, VA- November 14, 2007
Glen Allen, VA- November 14, 2007
Baltimore, MD- November 15, 2007
The BP Success Zone program is sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
For more information concerning the campaign, visit
www.bpsuccesszone.com
To see a video of the campaign, click on Dr. Rippe's video page at www.rippehealth.com/aboutdrrippe/drrippevideo.html
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