HERBALIFE LTD has added a news release to its Investor
Relations website.
Title: Herbalife Employees Lose Over 500 Lbs in Challenge
Date: 7/16/2008 12:37:00 PM
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2008--With an
average
weight loss of almost nine pounds each, 59 employees from Herbalife's
Los Angeles offices completed a 12-week weight loss challenge and
dropped a total of 526 lbs.
Mike Gomez had the highest percentage of total weight
loss, 13.46
percent. In second and third place were Esteban Delgado, who lost
13.16 percent and Alvaro Lemus, who lost 11.20 percent of his starting
weight.(1)
The challenge included educational sessions, bi-weekly
weigh-ins,
and peer motivation. Participants were also able to use the company's
nutrition products, which are available to all employees. "The program
really helped me focus and my co-workers gave me a lot of support to
make it through the challenge," said Gomez, who lost 27 lbs and now
weighs 174. "I learned how to read the labels on the foods I was
eating."
The challenge is part of Herbalife's employee wellness
program,
now in its third year, which also includes nutrition and fitness
education; an on-site gym; cafe with subsidized menu; yoga and walking
classes; ping pong tournaments; tennis and basketball leagues; and a
Pump It Up dance machine.
Employees also compete on Team Herbalife in the Los
Angeles
Triathlon in September. In January, Herbalife was named one of the 15
fittest companies in America by Men's Fitness magazine. Men's Fitness
selected these companies based on access to state-of-the-art gym and
fitness facilities, cafeterias with health- and nutrition-minded
menus, preventative medical care, and programs for losing weight and
quitting smoking, and rewards for staying in shape. The employee
wellness program was also the winning entry of the Direct Selling
Association's Success Award 2008.
(1)These results are not typical; individual results
vary.
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About Herbalife Ltd.
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) is a global network marketing
company
that sells weight-management, nutrition, and personal care products
intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold
in 65 countries through a network of more than 1.8 million independent
distributors. The company supports the Herbalife Family Foundation and
its Casa Herbalife program to bring good nutrition to children. Please
visit Herbalife Investor Relations for additional financial
information.
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