Spring '07 Central Illinois Community CHIP Program:

Now overseen by Illinois Central College!
with support from Methodist Medical Center of Illinois and PALM

12-Week Program (one night/two hours each week)

• Dates: Thursdays, Feb. 22 through May 10, 2007
  
• Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
  
• Location: ICC Perley Building, Room 203, 115 S.W. Adams St., Peoria
  
• Cost: $300 includes all materials, Lifestyle Evaluations, food samples, parking in the enclosed deck next to the Perley Building, and much more!
  Household Discount: Additional participants from the same household pay just $250--a $50 savings!
  Alumni "Double-Take" Discount: CHIP grads can re-take the CHIP program for just $225.
  Payment Plan: With a valid Visa, MasterCard or Discover card, ICC will gladly divide your fee into three payments.
  
• To register: Call Ellen George at (309) 999-3480. Online registration coming soon at www.icc.edu/CHIP.
  
  Learn more in person!
  Attend a FREE CHIP information session with CHIP Physician Advocate John Miller, M.D.
  Jan. 25 OR Feb. 6, 2007
  6-7 p.m.
  ICC Perley Building, Room 203
  115 S.W. Adams St., Peoria
  (parking available in the Niagara parking deck next to building; parking validated at meeting)
  To reserve a space one of these FREE meetings: Call (309) 999-4546 or e-mail mdusseau@icc.edu.

About CHIP
Information. Inspiration. Motivation.
That's what the Coronary Health Improvement
Project (CHIP) delivers through dynamic and
compelling live and video presentations. It gives you
the tools and strategies you need to make simple
lifestyle changes that will put you on the road to
better health.

Are you concerned about:
[ ] Developing heart disease, diabetes or cancer?
[ ] Being overweight?
[ ] Having high blood pressure, high cholesterol or high blood sugar?
[ ] Your risk for osteoporosis?
[ ] Poor digestion?
[ ] Being out of shape?
[ ] Having low energy?
[ ] Learning healthier habits for you and your family?

If you answered "yes" to one or more of the questions above and you're ready to make a change, CHIP can help you learn how to improve your health—for life.

CHIP's History
CHIP is a nationally recognized lifestyle change program launched in 1988 that now has more than 50,000 graduates worldwide. The motivational, education-based program helps its participants better understand how lifestyle choices related to diet, exercise, tobacco use and attitude can directly affect their health—both positively and negatively. Scientifically supported by results in professional journals including the American Journal of Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, CHIP teaches participants how to eat more and weigh less, markedly reduce the risks of heart disease and cancer, and normalize or reverse conditions associated with Americans' most prevalent chronic diseases.

CHIP simply can produce amazing results.
Among the results most commonly reported by CHIP participants are:
* Normalized blood pressure
* Lowered total cholesterol by 10-20 percent or more
* Controlled diabetes
* Weight loss
* Improved digestion
* Lessened depression
* Increased fitness
* Enhanced overall quality of life

For a look at the results to date from the Peoria CHIP program, click here.

Brought to Peoria by PALM/LMC Health Programs and now offered through ICC, CHIP bridges the gap between diet, lifestyle and disease in 24 hours of factual and compelling instruction to give you solid, research-supported methods proven to help you learn how to take charge of your health.

Each CHIP Program includes:
* 24 hours of motivational instruction
* Lifestyle Evaluations before and after the program that include fasting
lipid profile, blood pressure, heart rate, body mass index and more, plus personalized recommendations from an exercise specialist and dietician.
* CHIP Education Kit, sample foods, cooking demonstration and healthy recipes, and many other tools to help you get started on your road to success
* Peoria Area CHIP Alumni Association events for continued support after course completion.
* Information on local restaurants offering CHIP-friendly menu items through the CHIP Approved Restaurant Program.