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Advanced Wellness Systems: Advanced Vitality
Advanced Wellness Systems (AWS) is an innovator in workplace wellness and the provider of workplace wellness methods for companies and their employees. AWS's signature method is Advanced Vitality, a web-based program that supports growth in personal health and vitality across the whole-life spectrum. The Advanced Vitality (AV) program is derived from decades of research by experts in physical and pscho-social health, workplace wellness, and behavioral science.

Experts agree that health is more than the lack of illness, yet most wellness programs focus on avoiding illness through diet, exercise, and harmful habits, such as smoking. The AV Program focuses on building vitality -- a sense of being alive, passionate and excited -- because vitality leads to health and well-being, creates greater mental and physical energy, resilience, optimism, and creativity.

High Vitality: Science and Benefits
According to the AWS team of experts' research, people with high vitality are four times less likely to use healthcare services, six times less likely to be absent from work, and eight time more likely to have optimal work performance.

The web-based AV Program is multi-dimensional, affecting key aspects of life. Each module within the program covers vitality-cultivating methods with specific health benefits:

(1) Boost - regular micro-sessions of high-intensity exercise. Studies have proven that people who engaged in brief bouts of high-intensity exercise increased their VO2 max (or cardiorespiratory conditioning) by 10 percent, which gave them similar health benefits to those exercising at higher levels.

(2) Nature -- restoring attention and mental energy through exposure to nature. Brief contact with nature improves cognitive performance. After just a 15-minute walk outdoor, feelings of vitality have been shown to increase by as much as 40 percent. Walking in nature improves mood and mental health.

(3) Meaning Uncovered -- discovering one's sense of purpose and meaning, and reflecting on how to put that meaning and purpose into action.

(4) Mindfulness -- cultivating the capacity of be present, to slow the mind, and to focus on one thing at a time. Mindfulness may increase satisfaction in physical activity.

(5) Quality Movement -- improving core movement patterns to move in an energy-efficient, balanced way.

(6) Nourish -- optimizing micronutrients, cultivating digestive health, and choosing energy-enhancing foods. Studies have proven that participants who ate more nutrient-rich foods increased their vitality levels.

Background
Dr. Joyce M. Young, MD, MPH, a preventative medicine specialist, founded Advanced Wellness Systems in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 20XX. Prior to that, Dr. Young, spent nearly two decades developing, executing, assessing, and maintaining employee health and wellness programs for large corporations, small and medium-sized businesses, and state health and human services departments.

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