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GlobalFit Partners with Kurbo: Giving Members Access to a Weight Loss App for Kids, Teens, and FamiliesPHILADELPHIA, April 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- GlobalFit, a leading provider of integrated fitness solutions for corporations and insurers, is excited to announce its strategic partnership with Kurbo, an online weight loss program for kids, teens, and families delivered through a mobile device application. Kurbo kids and families receive weekly video consults and goal-setting with a trained, professional coach via Skype or Face Time, a mobile app to track food and exercise, and daily support from a team of experts through emails, text messages, and in-app games and videos. The science behind Kurbo is based on the renowned Stanford University Pediatric Weight Control Program, which includes a "traffic light" system designed to place types of food in three different categories: red light, yellow light, and green light. Users are given a limited allowance of "red light" foods, such as ice cream and bagels. Yellow light foods are foods in the middle, meaning they're okay in moderation, and green light foods can be approached with an "eat as much as you want" mentality. "In the last three decades, childhood obesity rates have tripled and today children and adolescents can account for up to 15 percent of a typical employer's health care costs. This impacts employers not only with direct medical cost increases but also indirectly through parents' lost productivity and engagement. Partnering with Kurbo gives us the opportunity to offer a program that helps families work together to create healthy habits and achieve successful weight loss," said Merideth Harrington, GlobalFit Senior Vce President of Marketing. GlobalFit will continue to add more programs and build strategic partnerships with companies who appeal to their client base of 70 million employees and insurance members all over the country. Find out how to add GlobalFit to your wellness program www.globalfit.com About GlobalFit: About Kurbo Health Contact: Teague Reese Reference: (1) http://www.businessgrouphealth.org/pub/f312aec3-2354-d714-51ef-520ecd67dbfc
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