'Am I Hungry?' Author Dr. Michelle May Partners with Axia Health Management as Advisor for Weight Management Programs.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Axia Health Management, a national leader in preventive health care, has announced a partnership with Michelle May, M.D., F.A.A.F.P, to have Dr. May serve as advisor and consultant on the development of Axia's new weight management and nutrition offerings. Dr. May has taken the common sense concept of intuitive eating - managing one's weight naturally by not just focusing on food that's eaten, but on how and why one eats - and developed a comprehensive approach to help teach former dieters how to transition to this way of living.

"We are very excited to have Dr. May participate in launching Axia's weight management program," stated Hugh Lytle, president of Axia Health Management. "The concept of intuitive eating has been around forever; it's the way that people who never think about eating manage their weight naturally. The weight management program represents yet another major element in Axia's overall strategy for supporting employers and health plans with a fully integrated approach to health improvement."

Dr. May is the founder and director of Am I Hungry?, P.L.L.C., a multidimensional weight management program based in Phoenix, AZ. That program received the 2005 Patient Care Excellence in Patient Education Innovation Award. She is also the award-winning author of "Am I Hungry? What to Do When Diets Don't Work" and co-author of "H is for Healthy... Weight Management for Kids."

Dr. May is also an advisor for the American Academy of Family Physicians Americans in Motion (AIM) fitness initiative. Her non-diet approach served as the foundation for the "AIM to Change" tool kit distributed to thousands of family physicians and their patients throughout the country.

Dr. May was featured in the Discovery Health Channel special, "Adult Obesity: Reversing the Trend," sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control. She is a frequent guest on local television and radio programs and writes regularly for numerous publications.

About Axia Health Management

With an integrated suite of prevention programs, Axia Health Management is an industry leader in preventive health care by incorporating personalized solutions that help healthy individuals stay healthy and improve the health of those already affected by disease or disability. This is accomplished through a high-touch delivery system of nearly 20,000 fitness center locations, 3,000 Axia-certified health improvement instructors and over 40,000 health and complementary and alternative medicine providers including personal trainers, massage therapists, nutritionists, acupuncturists and chiropractors. The cornerstone of Axia's suite of products is the SilverSneakers([R]) Fitness Program, a unique physical activity program offered to more than 2.4 million Medicare-eligible members in 43 states at more than 2100 fitness centers and class sites. For more information, call 480.783.9555 or visit www.axiahealth.com.