Newtopia

Newtopia is an innovative weight-loss program designed to help people who are at risk of developing diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, or stroke. They provide a clinical approach that, in addition to lifestyle, looks at a person’s metabolic factors and genetics. Their combination of technology, genetics, and hyper-personalized precision health coaching makes the program an ideal fit if you want to lose weight for good and reduce your risk of developing a chronic illness.

Watch Newtopia’s introductory video

Eligibility for Newtopia

Newtopia is available to CMSU employees and their spouses or domestic partners. To determine eligibility for the program, Newtopia will look at metabolic risk factors, including waist circumference, BMI, blood pressure, blood glucose, triglycerides, and HDL levels. Those who are pregnant are not eligible.

To find out if you are eligible, take Newtopia's online screener.

Tools and Resources

If you join the Newtopia program you will receive the following tools and resources to succeed at no cost to you:

A Newtopia coach who is matched with you based on your personality and who will develop a personalized health plan to help you lose weight for good.
A wireless scale to track your dropping weight.
A Fitbit activity tracker that will sync to the Newtopia app (and to your Virgin Pulse account if you are participating in that program).
Access to a simple saliva genetic test (optional) that will help you understand how your genes affect how you lose or gain weight.

Confidentiality

Newtopia is a confidential program. Your screening results and risk factors are never shared with CMSU, and neither is your eligibility for the Newtopia program or your decision to participate or not.

For details about how the Health360 wellness program protects you from discrimination and protects your private medical information, see the Wellness Program Notice.