SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pathway Genomics Corporation, a San Diego-based genetic testing laboratory, has partnered with the California Schools Voluntary Employee Benefits Association (VEBA) with the goal to improve the weight management of California school employees. The alignment was triggered by a successful study, conducted in partnership with VEBA, Pathway Genomics Corporation and Healthy Adventures Foundation, which evaluated the weight loss results of 179 overweight California school employees and demonstrated significant results. Through VEBA, the Pathway Fit® nutrigenetic test is now available to more than 50,000 teachers, other employees and their dependents within the California school system.
“We’re proud to offer Pathway Fit to those who provide the educational foundation to the state of California,” said Michael Nova, M.D., Pathway Genomics' chief medical officer. “It’s our mission to provide people with powerful and actionable information that has the capability to be a catalyst for behavioral change.”
The genetic test is available to all adult VEBA members, of which approximately 40,000 have weight problems and could benefit from the test.
“Offering a genomics-based weight control program is just one example of VEBA’s innovative pilot health programs designed to help members get healthy,” said George McGregor, VEBA’s general manager. “Not only does this improve employee health and productivity, but it helps make health care more affordable for VEBA districts in the long run.”
About Pathway Fit®
Pathway Fit analyzes genes associated with food metabolism and exercise response, and it provides actionable recommendations that may help people optimize their health by tailoring their diet and exercise plans to their genetics. It is the most comprehensive genetic test of its kind in the world.
About Pathway Genomics
Pathway Genomics owns and operates an on-site genetic testing laboratory that is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), accredited in accordance with the U.S. Health and Human Services’ Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988, and licensed by the state of California. Using only a saliva sample, the company incorporates customized and scientifically validated technologies to generate personalized reports, which address a variety of medical issues, including an individual’s carrier status for recessive genetic conditions, food metabolism and exercise response, prescription drug response, and propensity to develop certain diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer. For more information about Pathway Genomics, visit www.pathway.com.
About the California Schools VEBA
The California Schools VEBA is a trust that offers school districts and employee organizations buying power and the structure to provide control over a variety of benefit issues. Benefits trusts continue to positively influence the quality of care delivered by contracted carriers and their providers. They also help members attain superior health care choices, rate stability, portability, affordability and quality for education employees. Total participation in the trust includes 45 southern California school districts and associations. The trust serves both employees and their dependents, totaling more than 89,000 members. For more information, visit www.vebaonline.com.