PepsiCo North America

The RLI research team conducts multiple studies of mutual interest to RLI and PepsiCo North America in topics such as short-term energy regulation response to high fructose corn syrup and other studies conducted in the RLI metabolic unit.

Tropicana Quaker

RLI manages the Breakfast Research Institute on behalf of Quaker Snacks and Foods and Tropicana.  More information on this project can be found by going to the website www.breakfastresearchinstitute.org.

ConAgra Foods

RLI has made contributions to the ConAgra Start Making Choices initiative including multiple contributions to its website
www.startmakingchoices.com.  Dr. Rippe’s book Your Plan for a Balanced Life was published in conjunction with this initiative.
RLI research team is engaged in multiple studies for ConAgra Foods and also manages the Healthy Choice Sciences Institute website.

Center for Lifestyle Medicine
at the University of Central Florida

Dr. Rippe serves as Chairman for the Center for Lifestyle Medicine at the University of Central Florida where he has a tenured Professorship in Biomedical Sciences at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Central Florida Medical School.  The Center for Lifestyle Medicine occupies a state of the art 8,000 sq foot laboratory.  A current fund raising drive is in progress with the goal of raising a $10 million endowment for this facility.  More information on this initiative can be found at www.lifestylemedicine.ucf.edu

More information on the 10 million dollar endowment may be found by downloading a PDF Brochure here.

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www.ecotrin.com

Rippe Lifestyle Institute has partnered with Ecotrin, Safety-Coated Enteric Aspirin®, to educate people about reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke through daily aspirin therapy.  Dr. Rippe is the chief medical advisor of Here’s to Life™, a free heart-health wellness program sponsored by Ecotrin.  Here’s to Life provides cardiovascular health information, tools and tips that focus on the five pillars of health: nutrition, physical activity/fitness, physician relationship, mind-body connection and pharmacy/medication.

Weight Watchers International

Rippe Lifestyle Institute has formed a long-term collaboration with Weight Watchers International to provide good, science based information to the medical community and the public at large about various aspects of healthy weight loss and healthy weight management.

This collaboration has already resulted in numerous academic publications as well as the publication in December 2004 of the consumer book “Weight Lost that Lasts” co-authored by Dr. Rippe and Weight Watchers.

GE Healthcare

Rippe Lifestyle Institute and GE Healthcare have formed a collaboration to explore various issues related to the use of advanced technology to “predict and prevent” disease rather than “see and treat” which was the model in the past. In 2004, this collaboration resulted in a nation-wide campaign co-sponsored by GE Healthcare and Meredith Publishing entitled “Wear Red.” This campaign was designed to help explain issues about early detection and prevention of heart disease in women. The collaboration also resulted in numerous academic publications on the use of advanced GE Healthcare technology in the early detection of heart disease and cancer.

Novartis

Rippe Lifestyle Institute and Novartis have formed a partnership to help both the medical community and the public at large understand a variety of issues related to blood pressure control. In 2004, the major campaign paired Dr. Rippe with retired football legend Joe Montana in a nation-wide tour to discuss various aspects of high blood pressure. Further information on this campaign may be found at www.bpsuccesszone.com or www.novartis.com) To view a video of Dr. Rippe and Mr. Montana go to the Dr. Rippe Video section.

Pharmanex

RLI has formed a partnership with Pharmanex to explore various aspects of nutrition and supplementation and good health. Included in this partnership are investigations on fitness and performance as well as cholesterol lowering.