Cooper Complete, a Cooper Aerobics Company, is hitting the road with truck drivers, radio personality Dave Nemo, the Medical Resource Vehicle (MeRV) and the St. Christopher Driver Development and Relief Fund (SCF), to help fight the serious health risks facing millions who make their living driving trucks. Cooper Complete is now sponsoring The MeRV’s nationwide health screening tour by offering its health supplement line to truck drivers and sharing a percentage of the proceeds from all trucker sales of the line with the SCF. Additionally, Cooper Complete has joined Nemo’s Fitness Friday program on The Road Dog Channel (channel 147 on Sirius and 171 on XM satellite radio).
The health screenings, supplements and education are geared to support the more than 3.5 million truck drivers across the United States, whose job requirements make it challenging to lead healthy lifestyles. The risks are also connected with serious health threats for truckers. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average life expectancy of the U.S. truck driver is 61, roughly 16 years younger than the average American.
The MeRV offers free health screenings to over-the-road truckers via its Medical Resource Vehicle. The vehicle provides education to truckers about some of the medical conditions they suffer from at an alarming rate. The mobile unit will be touring truck shows and truck stops and will be promoted through radio and CB chatter to help reach, educate and screen truckers.
“All Americans, truckers included, are sorely lacking in the critical nutrients of omega-3 and vitamin D,” said Todd Whitthorne, president and CEO of Cooper Complete and noted health authority. “We saw a great opportunity to help with a solution. Thousands of scientific studies support the benefits of both omega-3 and vitamin D for the heart, brain, eyes and immune system. We’re glad to provide free samples of the Cooper Complete Healthy Body Pack through the MeRV and extend a 10 percent discount to any truckers who purchase the supplement pack moving forward.”
The Cooper Complete Healthy Body Pack makes it easy for a busy trucker to get the proper nutrients, in the proper amounts, in a convenient cellophane packet. The Healthy Body Pack provides a 30-day supply of a daily multivitamin (with 2,000 IU of vitamin D) and high concentration omega-3 fish oil (with 1,200 mg of EPA and DHA – the important “long chain” omega-3’s). The Healthy Body Pack canister is convenient, compact and easily fits in the cab of the truck.
Those truckers that order online at www.coopercomplete.com can simply enter the code “Nemo” and receive an automatic 10 percent discount. If they choose to order by phone (888-393-2221), they will receive the same 10 percent discount by mentioning “Nemo” to the customer service representative. In addition to the 10 percent discount the truckers receive, an additional five percent of the sale will be donated to the Saint Christopher Fund.
On January 24, The Associated Press profiled the MeRV and Cooper Complete. To view the video go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=qe-E8SqLFu4.
For over 40 years Dr. Kenneth Cooper has dedicated his life to keeping people healthy, understanding that it’s easier – and less expensive – to maintain good health than to regain it once it’s lost. Cooper’s recommendations regarding exercise, nutrition, stress management and supplementation can help those who are ready to embrace a healthy lifestyle.
To check the MeRV calendar, go to http://www.brownbearsw.com/freecal/SCFMERV.
For more information on Cooper Complete, go to http://www.coopercomplete.com/ or call 972-560-2702.
Follow Cooper Complete on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/#!/CooperAerobics), Twitter – (http://twitter.com/cooperaerobics) and their blog (http://cooperwellness.blogspot.com).
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For more information on Cooper Complete vitamins, or to arrange an interview with Todd Whitthorne, president and CEO of Cooper Complete, contact Jo Trizila at 972-247-1369 or jo@trizcom.com.
About:
Cooper Complete nutritional supplements from creation to distribution. Dr. Kenneth Cooper, founder of the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, has long believed in supplementation and introduced his own line of multivitamins and supplements to consumers in 1998. Today, Cooper Complete is sold in retail stores across the nation and online.
