Resolutions 2.0” is a comprehensive system on RevolutionHealth.com designed to help people make and keep their health-related New Year’s resolutions (most commonly around weight loss, fitness, smoking cessation and improved diet). The key elements of “Resolutions 2.0” include:
Revolution Health Goals™ is a new set of online tools to help people set their health goals and draw support from others to meet them. Revolution Health Goals allows people to set goals and develop achievable action plans to meet those goals. They can easily track their progress (and the progress of their friends), ask for encouragement (or prodding) from community members and invite their friends to share in their efforts. They can even print out a “Goals on the Go™” booklet to remind them of their pledge when they are away from their computer.
Revolution Health Groups™ features groups that are led by high-profile experts in their fields who will provide, free-of-charge, regular support to group members as they seek to achieve their health resolutions. Among the experts providing this free access to group members are pediatrician Dr. Stacy Stryer, weight-loss expert Dr. Jim Hill (for the “lose 50 pounds” group), physician and author Edward Hallowell, and many others. (See listing below.)
Revolution Health Tools and Trackers™ feature fun and engaging online tools to further refine your measurement of your progress, to track your progress and to help you understand your health issues better.

Experts concur that people are more likely to achieve their health goals if they are working toward them with a group of like-minded people. Tapping into that trend, the Resolutions 2.0 approach harnesses the power of social networking by bringing together groups of people with the same goals. This dynamic creates support and accountability, turning resolutions – no matter how large or small – into an engaging, fun new way of life.

“The beginning of a new year always brings with it a fresh start and the best of intentions to change one’s life for the better,” said Steve Case, chairman and CEO of Revolution Health. “We all make New Year’s resolutions but going it alone can often make those good intentions a grind. By adding the power of friend-to-friend support along with expert information, RevolutionHealth.com is offering a simple, fun and free way for people to achieve goals they never have before.”

Additionally, to jumpstart the fun and power of building groups of people to achieve their resolutions, RevolutionHealth.com is offering the opportunity for five lucky winners and two of their friends to win personal health coaching over the phone for six months. Everyone who simply sets a goal, joins a RevolutionHealth.com group, invites their friends and has two or more join along will automatically be eligible for the chance to win. The sweepstakes starts on January 1st.

Featured “Revolution Health Goals, Groups”

As part of “Resolutions 2.0”, RevolutionHealth.com is making available its team of health and medical experts that consumers typically could not access for tailored advice. These top-tier health experts will establish a set of activities to help group members meet goals, regularly post notes of encouragement and advice to the group, and email group members. Consumers can join an expert-led group or create their own group and goal with their friends.

Experts leading groups include:
Improve My Relationship/Marriage: Follow Mira Kirshenbaum’s lead to bring intimacy and enhanced communication into your most prized relationships. Ms. Kirshenbaum is a respected psychotherapist and co-founder and clinical director of The Chestnut Hill Institute in Boston.
Keep My Family Active: Improve your own health by motivating your family to get and stay active with Stacy Stryer, MD: Pediatrician; author of “The Portable Pediatrician.”
Take Charge of Your Life: Renowned author and Doctor Edward Hallowell offers sound advice for people trying to take charge of their crazy busy lives. Based on his book Crazy Busy, Dr. Hallowell's group emphasizes the importance of connections with others and the pain people suffer as a result of "culturally induced" ADD.
Become A Complaint Free Person: Start the year more positively by eliminating negativity from your life with Reverend Bowen, author of A Complaint Free World.
Eat Right and Stay Slim: Educate yourself and your family on how to eat better with Sandra Foschi, MS, PT, CNS CND; Physical therapist and nutritionist. Foschi is the founder of Health SOS, a New York company that provides nutrition and private training.
Walk More to Lose Weight: Motivate yourself to begin losing weight or maintain your weight with this simple walking program hosted by James O. Hill, PhD, obesity and weight management expert; co-founder of “America on the Move,” a nonprofit, science-based program that initiates changes to support healthful eating and active living habits.
Sleep At Least 7 Hours A Night: Sleep better with the help of J. Steven Poceta, MD, neurologist and sleep disorder specialist; on staff at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, CA, and adjunct associate professor in the Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department at The Scripps Research Institute.
Have a Smoke Free Day: Want to quit smoking? Start on the path to a smoke-free life with Joe Scherger, MD, professor of clinical family and preventive medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
Lose Up to 20 lbs By Spring: Learn the recipe to weight-loss success with Val Jones, MD, MA, Revolution Health senior medical director, founder of the Clinical Nutrition and Obesity e-section of the Medscape General Medicine journal. Dr. Jones has worked part time as a food critic in New York City, a medical cartoonist, and Chief Resident of Rehabilitation Medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan.
De-stress: Battle stress one day at a time with Brad Jacobs, MD, MPH, Revolution Health senior medical director and recognized national leader in Integrative Medicine, and Health and Wellness. Dr. Jacobs is board-certified in internal medicine and has studied acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, yoga and martial arts.

The wisdom of the panel of experts and their willingness to join this resolution revolution, coupled with RevolutionHealth.com’s online support groups and tools, will make New Year’s Resolutions more achievable than ever before.

About Revolution Health

Revolution Health Group LLC was created by AOL Co-Founder Steve Case to create products and services that empower people by putting them at the center of the health system. The cornerstone of the company is RevolutionHealth.com, which was named the Best Overall Internet Health Site by the eHealthcare Leadership Awards. The free consumer health and medical web site marries expert content and online tools with the power of social networking. Revolution Health also offers premium services that enable companies to provide health content and customized online tools to their employees, an insurance marketplace and CarePages (http://www.carepages.com), health care’s largest social network that provides the emotional support needed for healing and well-being.