In the United States, six in 10 Americans live with at least one chronic disease. Because of tobacco use, poor nutrition, excessive stress, lack of physical activity, environmental impacts, and excessive alcohol use, chronic disease prevalence also continues to rise.

Traditional healthcare systems continue to address diseases largely brought on by poor diet, lifestyle, chronic stress, and our environment with costly new drugs and costly interventions. There is a rapidly growing movement embracing a more holistic approach to preventive health, reversing disease, and focusing on food and lifestyle changes: health coaching. Health Coaches work with their clients to make important shifts from unhealthy habits to sustainable habits for long-lasting health. 

Health Coaches play a significant role in reducing and reversing lifestyle-related chronic diseases and in turn, significantly reducing medical costs for clients and their families. Health Coaches are able to provide effective and cost-efficient care virtually, which is especially important in these times when reducing COVID-19 exposure is still relevent.  

The current healthcare model is not sustainable—physicians are experiencing burnout more than ever before, and have never been fully equipped to manage the increase in lifestyle-related conditions. Health Coaches are trained to work alongside other health practitioners to rectify our current healthcare crisis.  

We need YOUR help in spreading the message that Health Coaches are doing valuable work in their local communities that ripple out around the world. 
Sign the petition here to have your letter sent to the United Nations, and be sure also share social media.