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Good Measures, LLC Sixty State Street, Suite 700 Boston, MA 02109

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A Breakthrough Approach to Nutrition Services

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Good Measures has developed a breakthrough approach to help people better manage their eating and exercise habits…

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State-of-the-art technology Clinical

experts

The new approach combines the expertise of Registered Dietitians and other clinical experts with the power of a state-of-the-art digital platform…

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•  Arthritis •  Renal disease •  Celiac disease •  Infertility •  Excess weight •  Obesity

•  Pre-diabetes/diabetes •  Heart disease •  High cholesterol •  Hypertension •  Cancer •  Osteoporosis

A more cost effective approach is important because there is a growing body of research that documents the powerful link between improved eating and exercise habits and the reduction in the incidence of…and the reduction of complications related to…a wide variety of “nutrition sensitive” medical conditions…

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The scale of the need (and the potential for impact) is quite large…

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The monumental shifts that are now underway related to value based compensation will make the role of behavior change related to eating and exercise ever more important in the health management mix…

Medication Surgery

Behavior change related to eating and

exercise

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The Good Measures approach is being increasingly recognized by clinical leaders…

“…I know our joint efforts will be instrumental in

addressing the obesity and diabetes pandemics.”

John Brooks,

President and CEO of Joslin

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And by academic leaders…

…Maybe Good Measures’ model provides a glimpse into the future of health and fitness apps. Their usefulness might lie less in compiling and providing information than in creating powerful connections among people…

Current tools for facilitating behavior change related to eating and exercise are not adequate…with too many rules to follow and limited access to clinical support and expertise…

Body Mass Index?

MyPlate.gov Guidelines (replaced the old food pyramid)

“Good” foods and “bad” foods

FDA food labels

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The relevant question: I wonder what I should

have for lunch?

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State-of-the-art technology

Clinical nutrition expertise

Concepts that facilitate behavior change: •  Good Measures Index (GMI) •  Contextual Nutrition

The new approach incorporates the power of the Good Measures Index(GMI) and the concept of Contextual Nutrition, two breakthrough patent-pending ideas that make it possible for an individual to meet his/her unique nutritional needs while honoring his/her personal eating and exercise preferences…

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•  Your food preferences" (your 200 foods)"•  Your food allergies"•  Other food restrictions"•  Snack habits"•  Etc."

YOUR "nutritional needs "

YOUR "eating habits"

•  Calorie goal •  % cal from protein •  % cal from carbs •  % cal from fat •  Enough fiber •  Not too much cholesterol •  Not too much sodium •  Not too much sat fat •  Enough calcium •  Enough potassium •  Enough Vitamin D •  Etc.

Based on age, gender, activity level, medical conditions, medications, etc."

The first step is for your Registered Dietitian to generate reasonable estimates of your nutritional needs and to help you assemble information related to your eating habits and food preferences…

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Knowing YOUR nutritional needs and YOUR eating habits makes it possible to estimate your nutritional deficits and excesses…"

Nutritional deficits and excesses



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Being aware of your deficits and excesses is interesting information for you and your Registered Dietitian…but figuring out what you can eat next that will SIMULTANEOUSLY help fill your deficits without adding significantly to your excesses is the important puzzle….."



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The Good Measures Index (GMI) is simply a number that summarizes your deficits and excesses…it is a measure of how well YOUR eating habits/patterns are addressing YOUR nutritional needs…."

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The Good Measures Index (GMI) makes it possible to understand how well a particular meal or snack SIMULTANEOUSLY fills your nutritional deficits without overwhelming your nutritional excesses…"

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With the power of the GMI, you can assess the impact that your favorite meals would have on your GMI or you can see how well the various meals in one or more of the Good Measures meal libraries would meet your current needs:"

•  Mediterranean meal options"•  Joslin meal options"•  Diabetes prevention options"•  USDA meal options"•  Etc."

Increase in the Good Measures

Index (GMI)

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Being able to understand the personalized impact of meals and snacks is powerful, but the Good Measures Index (GMI) also makes it possible to go the next step…it makes it possible to provide “optimal” meal and snack suggestions…"

Meals and snacks that are “optimal” for you right now selected from:"

“Optimal” Suggestions !

•  Meals composed using your 200 foods, and"•  Meals from the Good Measures meals

libraries."

10 “optimal for you” new food suggestions for each food group (out of the 23,000 foods available in most

supermarkets)"

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And finally, the Good Measures Index (GMI) makes it possible to identify “optimal” new foods for you to consider trying…"

“Optimal” Suggestions !

Meals and snacks that are “optimal” for you right now selected from:"

•  Meals composed using your 200 foods, and"•  Meals from the Good Measures meals

libraries."

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Being able to evaluate how well a meal or snack option meets your needs at a moment in time is the essence of the Contextual Nutrition concept… "

Person-focused Contextual Nutrition

Food-focused Nutrition

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Person-focused Contextual Nutrition is particularly powerful for individuals with “nutrition sensitive” chronic conditions… "



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Good Measures can be used as a stand-alone approach…

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Or, the Good Measures approach can act as an amplifier to other approaches…

•  Weight Watchers •  DASH Diet •  The Zone Diet •  Etc.

“My Good Measures Index is 81. What’s yours?”

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