January 24, 2011 // Franchising.com // HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. – Your New Year's Resolution to get in shape may get a boost thanks to some national food trends putting consumers' health in the driver's seat in 2011.
Fitness Together, the world's largest organization of fitness studios specializing in one-on-one personal training, has just released its Top 7 Healthy Food Trends for 2011.
"This could be the year that grocery stores, restaurants and government regulators come together to make big advances for the health and wellness of the general public," says Janet Brill, Ph.D., R.D. ["Dr. Janet"], a nationally-acclaimed author and the director of nutrition for Fitness Together's Nutrition Together program.
In Brill's newest book, Prevent A Second Heart Attack, that hits bookstores across the country in February, she addresses a lot of these healthy food trends in great detail as well.
Fitness Together's Top 7 Healthy Food Trends for 2011 include:
"We don't want escalating health care costs, but medical advances are helping us live longer," Brill explains. "That's why our diet in the midst of the rising obesity and diabetes epidemics is more important than ever. And the market is responding."
A regular in the media, Brill is an authority on the topics of obesity and cardiovascular disease prevention. She is a frequent guest nutrition expert on Lifetime Television's "The Balancing Act." She also has been published and quoted in scientific journals as well as mainstream press, including: the International Journal of Obesity, the ACSM Health & Fitness Journal, Shape, Prevention, Men's Health, First for Women, Woman's World and more. As director of nutrition for Fitness Together, Brill works closely with franchisees to create a science-based nutrition program for their clients designed to promote health and to reduce the risk for major chronic diseases.
Based in Highlands Ranch, Colo., Fitness Together Holdings, Inc., is one of the world's largest wellness organizations. The parent company oversees Fitness Together Franchise Corporation, http://www.fitnesstogether.com, a one-on-one personal training fitness franchisor established in 1983 that began franchising in 1996, and Elements Therapeutic Massage, Inc., http://www.touchofelements.com, a massage therapy franchisor that began franchising in 2006. Today, the combined franchise network has hundreds of franchises sold across the United States, Costa Rica, Brazil, Israel, Ireland, and Canada.
Fitness Together and Elements Therapeutic Massage are each actively selling franchises. If you are interested in changing your life and the lives of others, please visit http://www.fitnesstogether.com/franchise/ and http://corp.touchofelements.com/franchise/ or call 877.663.0880 ext. 10 for more information about franchise opportunities.
Formerly known as Fitness Together Holdings, Inc., WellBiz Brands, Inc. is headquartered in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.