Body Evolution
The connection between our mind and body is the most enduring and intimate of relationships,
directly impacting behavior, health and well being. Body Image is a matter of intense personal interest, and also one of physiological and emotional importance.
Imagine a world in which we aren’t so preoccupied with how our bodies look, and focused instead on how they function. If we could ‘reprogram’ popular thinking, would we choose the same ideals we strive for today? By improving body image through interactive online educational experiences, Body Evolution will help optimize vast human potential.
We invite you, everyone, to join the movement.
What is body image?
Body Image can be understood simply as how individuals perceive and relate to their own bodies.
Whether we acknowledge it or not, body image plays a surprisingly large role in our thoughts and behavior. It affects mental and physical health. It affects our relationships. It affects happiness. Body Image is a major unaddressed issue sitting at the convergence point of health & wellness and beauty, fitness & diet.
Body Image affects everyone, from obese to thin, including those who suffer from eating disorders. And between the extremes are millions of people who are just unhappy with their bodies.
Treating body image can help all of these people.
There are no silver bullets for the issue of body image, but there are solutions.
Before we treat our bodies, we need to treat our thought process. Gaining a true understanding of the relationship between mind and body is a meaningful first step.
Body Evolution’s programs are a unique combination of evidence-based research with eastern mind/body balance philosophy. Our online delivery means individuals can learn independently and privately, without concern of embarrassment or judgment.
Our programs are developed for adult (18+) audiences, and will be distributed directly to consumers via the internet and through institutional and clinical channels. Our programs are challenging and based on proven research and teaching methodologies. We can’t promise they’ll be easy, but we are committed to presenting the material in an interesting and responsible manner.
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Body image is a lifelong journey. Body Evolution will provide a continuum of tools to help navigate and manage that journey.
about the company
Where Digital Media meets Behavioral Science.
Body Evolution develops interactive health media based on peer-reviewed research. We also operate The Body Image Project, a community for body image. Our goal is to provide tools, information and support for people (and lots of them) to enjoy healthier lives.
Imagine improving a person’s health by practicing the skills of a better thought process, so that unproductive behaviors and choices can be neutralized. Imagine applying these new skills to our thoughts, perceptions, fears and beliefs about our own body. We can be aware of behaviors that once were automatic and unnoticed. And while these behaviors are not easily dismantled, they are less daunting. Sustaining this new knowledge and capacity requires commitment, but it is achievable with Body Evolution.
This is what we mean when we invite you to join a movement. A movement towards health, balance and wellness. Thrive with us.
A research psychologist is searching for a tool to efficiently and accurately gauge body image disturbance. Finding none, she builds one herself. Though not a computer expert by any means, her instrument proves to be quite effective, as her peers in the field of body image research confirm through their review.
A team of venture capital investors are seeking out technologies to commercialize. They uncover promising gene therapies, cell reprogramming, and a curious assessment of body image brought forth by an impressive researcher. They bite.
Some time later, the company is searching for its way. An eLearning veteran sees similarities between past challenges and new opportunities. His vision meshes with that of the research psychologist. The venture investors pick up on the chemistry, and a team is formed.
Months later, licensing and research in place, a multi-disciplined creative team comes together around a vision to create a new movement towards health, with body image as the centerpiece. Inspiration abounds. Creativity negotiates with efficacy. Humanity benefits.
Stay tuned, the best is yet to come.
Body Evolution is a passionate team on a voyage for the ages:
Dr. Tiffany Stewart is Body Evolution’s Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder.
Dr. Stewart is a research psychologist and faculty member at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in Baton Rouge. She is a leader and innovator in the field of Body Image who has seen and treated obesity and eating disorders through numerous population-based studies she has spearheaded, and by treating thousands of individual cases. In Body Evolution she sees a way to serve the needs of many with the approach of one.
Tom Fischmann is Body Evolution’s CEO and co-founder and leads the team developing the first scalable platform for advancing body image from the domain of research into the commercial marketplace. He has been involved in interactive media startups since the early ’90s, including his co-founding of Ninth House, which set the standard for online Leadership and Management eLearning. In Body Evolution he sees a symbiotic relationship between business, research and the community that can benefit from both.
Richard Montgomery is Body Evolution’s Chairman and co-founder,
and is a partner with New Orleans Venture Capital firm VCE Capital. VCE’s focus is early stage (including seed stage) companies with unique technology, and has invested in several life sciences ventures.
- Deltree, New Orleans – video production, creative
- Crush+Lovely, New York / New Orleans – web design/development & creative strategy
- Turing Studio, Berkeley – product design & development
- Julia Sweeney, Chicago – instructional design & content strategy
- Enspire Learning, Austin – elearning strategy & development
- FSC Interactive, New Orleans – social media
- Chris Schultz, New Orleans – business development
- Trumpet Group, New Orleans – strategy and brand
If you are interested in joining us on this voyage, please drop us a line (and resume), by email, at: opportunity (at) bodyimageforhealth (dot com)
So, why is Body Evolution in Louisiana?
- Where better to solve the challenge of obesity than in Louisiana, where the crisis is at a flashpoint and where the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a global leader in nutrition and obesity research, offers such meaningful technology to commercialize?
- Where better to demonstrate the power of Digital Media than in the state that is most aggressively incentivizing its use through tax credits?
- And what better place to build a great, new company than in New Orleans, where our progress contributes to a larger mission, and where talented young professionals enjoy a living standard unmatched in any city?
Looking for a place to launch your great idea?
New Orleans is home to several exciting incubator spaces for entrepreneurs and startups. Body Evolution is a proud and original tenant of one of them, Launch Pad, which provides us with much more than office space. Launch Pad is a community hub and an environment conducive to the exchange of ideas, resources, and inspiration. Stop by when you’re in New Orleans and work here for the day. You’ll see what we mean.
contact / inquiries
For general contacts, information for investors, or other inquiries:
hello (at) bodyimageforhealth dot com
For media inquiries:
media (at) bodyimageforhealth dot com