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What’s CHIP?

CHIP is an educationally intensive lifestyle intervention program with more than 50,000 graduates worldwide. Founded and presented by Dr. Hans Diehl, and endorsed by the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), both headquartered in Washington, D.C., the CHIP program focuses on markedly reducing coronary risk factor levels through the adoption of better health habits and appropriate lifestyle changes. The goal is to facilitate disease reversal by lowering blood cholesterol, triglyceride and blood sugar levels by reducing excess weight, lowering high blood pressure, enhancing daily exercise, and by eliminating smoking. Risk factor levels are carefully assessed before the educational intervention begins, immediate following the completion of the 40-hour educational program, and again after three and 12 months. The results have been published in 11 scientific articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals, including the American Journal of Cardiology, the Journal of the American Diabetic Association and Preventive Medicine. (click to see references)

CHIP is a community-based program conducted either by Dr. Diehl himself as a “live” program, or via a state-of-the-art DVD video set with trained facilitators. The program is either conducted over a period of four weeks, where people meet from Monday through Thursday for two hours for four weeks, or, they attend the CHIP program offered twice a week for eight weeks conducted in corporate settings. The CHIP program is currently conducted in more than 350 cities via the video program offered through faith- or corporate-based communities, through licensed CHIP leaders, or through arrangements with corporations and hospitals.

CHIP is based on the foundation that, according to the U.S. Surgeon General, 75% of our Western diseases are “lifestyle-related.” They relate to our rich diet, our lack of exercise, our use of cigarettes, alcohol, and caffeine, our level of stress, and the quality of our support. The diseases include: heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, gout, arthritis, overweight, certain adult cancers, impotence, diverticular disease, constipation, heartburn, and gall bladder disease. The CHIP program is community- or corporate-based, works closely with referring physicians, schools, and local restaurants, and sustains adherence to the program guidelines through an active CHIP alumni support organization.

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