Type Private Products Weight management- | Founded 2001 | |
Headquarters 322 So. Prospect Street
Burlington, Vermont 05405 | ||
Vtrim is a Vermont-based company that offers various dieting programs and services to assist weight loss and maintenance.
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The Vtrim Weight Management Program
Jean Harvey-Berino, PhD, RD, and Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Vermont, has been researching behavioral treatments for obesity in adults and obesity prevention in children since 1992. As a result of The Vtrim Weight Management Research Program (known as iReach), Dr. Harvey-Berino has created an allegedly effective weight management program.
The Classes
Vtrim Online meets once a week in a virtual classroom and is led by a Vtrim certified facilitator. In-person courses are offered only in the Burlington, Vermont area. The in-person classes follow the same format as Vtrim Online; however they take place in a physical classroom setting. The Vtrim Maintenance Class is designed for participants who have completed the six-month program. The maintenance class meets online once a month and provides group support to help keep participants on track. New classes begin monthly.
Awards and Funding
Related to Vtrim is Dr. Jean Harvey-Berino’s book The Eating Well Diet. The Eating Well Diet was named one of America’s Top 10 Healthiest Diets in 2009 by Health (magazine). Dr. Harvey-Berino also won the James Beard Award for The Eating Well Diet in 2008. In 2005, the University of Vermont received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand the Vtrim research study.