Heather Provino has been appointed president of East Greenwich-based Provant Health Solutions LLC, a health promotion and wellness company. Provino previously worked as an operations director for health clubs in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She has also worked in the health care system providing business and strategic development for wellness and rehabilitative services. Provino has two master’s degrees from Ithaca College in New York.
PBN: What exactly does your company do?
PROVINO: Provant Health Solutions is a health promotion company that provides tailored wellness solutions to assist corporations and health care providers/insurers in planning, implementing, managing and evaluating employee wellness benefits and programs. We also assist companies in planning worksite wellness events, finding wellness staff, auditing wellness programs and working with their insurance companies on wellness benefits.
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PBN: What type of clientele does Provant service?
PROVINO: Provant services companies of all sizes. We work with our clients’ size and budget to provide a cost-effective solution for wellness and prevention programs. Our corporate clients range from 100-employee companies to 10,000 employees. We also work with health insurers, physician offices and health care firms.
PBN: In your opinion, what’s the No. 1 reason for eating poorly and not exercising?
PROVINO: People tend to eat poorly because it’s more convenient and requires less time. People cook less, use more prepared foods and consume larger quantities because it’s faster and more convenient. Also, people are not making time for exercise because of decreased time due to technology and lifestyle choices.
PBN: The federal government recently came up with guidelines suggesting 60 to 90 minutes of exercise a day. Is that too much?
PROVINO: I think the new recommendations are great, I don’t think it is too much. I believe the new standards were made to build in the time we, as a society, moved more in day-to-day activity, before we sat at a computer all day.
