Military communities often struggle to provide wellness programs that meet the needs of their soldiers, as well as their soldier’s families. Yet providing a sense of continuity between the values that are taught in training, and the practices that are maintained at home, would lead to greater success and overall health.  What if there was an affordable, fun way to give the families in your military community the tools they need to develop and maintain a healthy, balanced lifestyle?

Dr. William Sears, along with exercise physiologist Sean Foy, have created a series of interactive, clinically proven workshops to help families embrace four pillars of health: Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitude, and Nutrition. Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. workshops provide simple, easy-to-implement tools for making nutrition education fun and engaging.  This proven approach provides participants with all the tools necessary for sustaining health and wellness. In addition, the readily-available materials are simple and easy for participants to understand, from expectant and nursing moms, to parents and their children.

Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. Workshops Will Help You:

•    Offer practical, effective wellness tools to your soldiers and their families
•    Save money on program development
•    Save money on the heath care costs of your members
•    Measure success with pre- and post-assessments
•    Make living a healthy lifestyle accessible for even the busiest of military families

Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. + Military Communities:  An Ideal Match

Certified Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. Coaches are available throughout the U.S.  Search for a certified coach in your area, or participate in turn-key training so that you can share our workshops and materials with families in your community.

Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. Workshops

Each of the following practical, affordable Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. workshops includes simple, easy-to-implement tools that are the values and goals of military communities:

Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. Start is a series of six one-hour nutrition education classes for parents of children ages 3-12.  Each class can be taught to a group of parents or adapted to suit the needs of parents and their children, collectively.  This flexibility makes Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. Start ideal for military communities who want to bring members together for a collective purpose.  Each class also includes fun, interactive activities, lots of healthy snacks, and engaging DVD segments which allow participants to absorb the material in a variety of ways.  Participants also receive an 80-page Parents’ and Caregivers’ Guide, along with an activity book for their children, to help them implement incremental nutrition changes at home.

Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. Essentials is a one-time, two-hour class that introduces the basic concepts covered in Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. Start.  This is option is ideal for introducing wellness to large groups and building a sense of community.

Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. Expectations is a series of three classes that teach pregnant women how to best care for themselves and their babies during any stage of pregnancy.  This would be ideal for military communities that wish to intentionally support new moms who are struggling with a spouse’s deployment, or who just want to give new moms a way to connect with one another on the base.

Note: Dr. Sears’ L.E.A.N. workshops are not a substitute for appropriate medical care for patients with special dietary needs