WellBalance Health Score® is a tool for healthy living

Do you ever hear those stories about people who need to lose 50lbs, but their blood pressure is great? How about those body builders with the massive arms who can't even touch their toes because they are so inflexible? Do you remember those really skinny people in your PE class that took 15 minutes to run a timed mile, but the guy who was twice their size did it in 10?

Good Health is More than a Diet or Number on a Scale

Many people have the attitude "yeah, but I'm healthy because test results were really good in...." rationale.  Or, or they don't realize how many measures go into living injury & disease free.

Heck, look at the people who can't even touch their toes. Do you think they realize that the more inflexible that they are, the more pressure that their spinal column takes on? Eventually, their back will give out, causing them to be sedentary, thus causing severe consequences with their cardiovascular fitness and heart function.

WellBalance understands that healthy living is not all about weight loss. There are a number of factors that contribute towards a person's medical, emotional, and fitness health which is why WellBalance created the scientific, proprietary WellBalance Health Score®.

How does the WellBalance Health Score® work?

With the help of medical professionals, fitness experts, and clinical researchers, WellBalance has identified 18 areas that contribute towards an individual leading a healthy lifestyle.

Research has shown that some areas such as body mass index, blood pressure, and pulse rates have a greater impact on healthy living compared to other categories.

As a result, the WellBalance Health Score® scale runs from 0-1000 points. A perfect 1000 WellBalance Health Score would indicate that individual is within the healthy targets for their age and gender on all 18 categories measured.  Each category that comprises the WellBalance Health Score® has a different amount of maximum points, and areas that have a greater impact on overall wellness generate a greater percentage of a personalized score.

How does the WellBalance Health Score® assign points?

Every component of the WellBalance Health Score® was researched to find the optimal healthy living standards a person should meet in order to be considered in ideal health. These standards come from normative data that experts have published, and allows the WellBalance Health Score® to provide a detailed analysis regarding how close an individual is to reaching an preferred level of overall wellness.

Furthermore, the WellBalance Health Score® also takes into consideration that an individual who is very deficient in a particular area would have an easier time doubling their score compared to someone who has already obtained an acceptable level of overall wellness. As a result, more points are given to a person who is close to meeting a healthy living standard compared to an individual who quickly improves their overall wellness after leading a lengthy sedentary lifestyle.

Example of improving

Using the timed mile as a test to measure cardiovascular fitness, the WellBalance Health Score® researched the standards that campers of differing genders and ages should meet in order to possess optimal cardiovascular health.

If looking at a 14-year old male, a timed mile of 6:46 or under would be required to meet the optimal healthy living standard.

But in cases where a camper can not meet this standard, they can still earn points on WellBalance Health Score® based on how they progress towards the ideal score. WellBalance uses research that suggests it is much easier for a camper to go from a 20:00 mile to a 15:00 mile than it is for another youth to go from from a 7:00 mile to a 6:46 mile.

For this reason, the closer a person comes to meeting a healthy lifestyle standard, it becomes more difficult to see improvements in performance. WellBalance understands this principle, and created the WellBalance Health Score® to provide higher point totals to campers as they inch closer towards their healthy living standard.

Using the WellBalance Health Score® with the campers

Each WellBalance camper performs every test that comprises the WellBalance Health Score® when they first arrive, at their midpoint stay, and right before their departure. Each camper receives an individual consultation with a WellBalance Health Score® specialists to go over their performance, how they have progressed by their midpoint stay, and what they need to do in order to bet the best score possible before they leave for home. Prior to their departutre, each camper will have a clear idea of where they currently stand in their overall level of healthy living based on the results of the WellBalance Health Score®.

Furthermore, families are also included in the WellBalance Health Score® evaluation process, and work directly with the staff to create a home environment that is conducive to long-term health living success

Healthy living is a journey, not a destination