NutriSavings and the National Kidney Foundation Partner to Help Consumers Take Steps Towards Kidney Disease Prevention
March 28 2016 - 4:37PM
Business Wire
For National Kidney Month, employee benefit program NutriSavings
announced its partnership with the National Kidney Foundation
(NKF), the leading organization dedicated to the awareness,
prevention, and treatment of kidney disease.
According to NKF, 1 in 3 American adults is at risk for chronic
kidney disease. Those with chronic kidney disease usually do not
have symptoms, which means kidney disease can go undetected until
it reaches advanced stages. The National Kidney Foundation urges
Americans to reduce and/or manage the risk factors for chronic
kidney disease, including high blood pressure, diabetes, unhealthy
weight, smoking, and taking excessive NSAID pain medications.
NutriSavings’ wellness program educates consumers and their
families on proper nutrition by helping them make healthier
purchasing decisions at the grocery store. Shoppers have access to
a database of more than 100,000 food items, and can customize their
profile to find food products that suit their health needs.
NutriSavings builds on NKF’s awareness movement to bring kidney
health into the spotlight by highlighting the importance of
nutrition. With NutriSavings, consumers are encouraged to shop for
fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and minimally processed products
that can help reduce risk factors.
“Aside from maintaining a healthy lifestyle and diet, the best
way to prevent kidney disease is to be tested annually if you have
diabetes, high blood pressure, are over age 60, or have a family
history of kidney failure,” said Jeffrey Berns, MD, President of
the National Kidney Foundation. “Of the 26 million American adults
estimated to have kidney disease, most don’t know they have it.
That’s why taking care of your kidneys, especially if you are at
risk for kidney disease, is vital.”
Today, more than half of the U.S. adult population has at least
one or more chronic diseases. This includes diabetes, the leading
cause of kidney failure. As consumers become more aware of the
causes of kidney disease, they can make positive behavior changes
towards a healthier lifestyle.
“We’re very honored to work with the National Kidney Foundation,
and we share their important mission to improve health awareness
among Americans,” said Gerard Bridi, CEO at NutriSavings. “Our
program has a captive audience that wants to learn how to improve
healthy habits, so the National Kidney Foundation helps us target a
very important pillar of their well-being: kidney health.”
NutriSavings is promoting the National Kidney Foundation by
sharing health recommendations, prevention tips, and treatment of
kidney disease from March 1st to March 31st in a targeted campaign
to consumers. To learn how NutriSavings works with organizations
like the National Kidney Foundation, visit www.nutrisavings.com.
For more information on kidney health, visit www.kidney.org.
About NutriSavings
NutriSavings is an online ecosystem where employers, health
plans, food and beverage companies, and produce growers join forces
to educate the American workforce and their families on proper
nutrition, while helping to reduce the enormous costs associated
with obesity and chronic illnesses. The NutriSavings program is one
of the first measurable nutrition benefit solutions that is
designed to change shopping behavior and incentivize healthy food
purchases by rewarding members for their healthy purchases. For
more information, please contact info@nutrisavings.com, or visit
www.nutrisavings.com. Find NutriSavings on social media at
www.facebook.com/nutrisavings or @nutrisavings.
About the National Kidney Foundation
The National Kidney Foundation is the leading organization in
the U.S. dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of
kidney disease. For more information, visit www.kidney.org.
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