ACI Specialty Benefits Corp has launched the GetFit Cell Phone Diet

Due to the critical need to reduce globesity in Americaís workforce, ACI Specialty Benefits Corp., one of the nationís Employee Assistance Providers has launched the GetFit Cell Phone Diet as an added product to ACIís highly acclaimed AppleCore Wellness program. The GetFit Cell Phone diet gives clients the skinny on their food consumption and can be administered any time of day and at any location with the use of their own personal cell phones. Clients are able to track, monitor, evaluate and count calories of their meal intake by taking a snap shot of their feast with their camera phone and sending the picture to ACIís online Wellness team of fitness and nutrition specialists. Within 24 hours, the participants will receive an assessment of their edibles with information on the nutritional value, an approximate calorie count, their body mass index (BMI), Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and an overall summary tailored to their diet of preference.

ìThe Cell Phone Diet demonstrates our ability to quickly respond to corporate needs,î announced Dr. Ann Clark, CEO and founder of ACI, ìAs health care premiums have spiraled out of control and obesity-related illnesses are eating up much of the cost, more and more employers are realizing proactive prevention may be their best bet.î

The GetFit cell phone diet is available to all of ACIís national and international clients, as part of ACIís AppleCore Wellness program, designed to meet all the wellness needs of any sized corporation and enhance the overall health and well-being of employees. Priced as low as $4.00 per employee per year, the AppleCore Wellness program offers a wide array of innovative tools and services including health risk appraisals, disease management, on-site prevention activities and GetFitóa state of the art website and internal database connecting employees and family members to specific resources.