 PEP
A Personal
Energy Plan
The Personal Energy Plan or PEP is a 12-week self-directed, worksite
program to promote healthy eating and moderate physical activity. The
program materials include workbooks for healthy eating and physical
activity targeting employees based on their readiness to change. A
coordinator’s kit, promotional brochures, and posters are also included
in the program.
PEP was developed by CDC's Nutrition and Physical Activity
Communications (NuPAC) Team using market analysis and consumer research.
In 1997 the program was pilot tested in five worksites located in four
states representing more than 15,000 employees in white and blue collar
occupations.
While health communication strategies and educational self-help kits
were the primary components of the intervention, each worksite provider
added other activities tailored to their own employee populations. An
evaluation of this pilot intervention revealed that self-directed
educational materials designed to target specific segments of the
population are in demand by worksite health promotion personnel and can be
effective in producing healthy eating and moderate physical activity
behavior change in persons inclined to do so.
Since the pilot program was completed, PEP materials have been expanded
and revised and are now available from CDC’s partner, the Cooper
Institute in Dallas, Texas. For additional information about the PEP
program and to order materials, you may contact the
Cooper
Institute* or call (800) 635-7050.
For additional background information regarding the PEP program, you
may send e-mail inquiries to CDC at ccdinfo@cdc.gov
or call CDC's Nutrition and Physical Activity Program at (770) 488-5820.
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