+ EUVA, Inc.

EUVA, Inc. (Energy Up! Voltage Approved) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that develops and administers the Energy Up! program.

Mission
History
Medical Advisors
Program Credentials
Leadership
Board of Directors

Mission

EUVA’s mission is to fight teenage obesity and prevent diabetes and other diseases associated with poor nutrition. 

EUVA believes that wholesome lifestyle habits acquired as a teenager provide a lifetime of benefits in the form of weight control, reduced obesity and/or diabetes risk, and overall result in a healthier life and greater self-esteem. 

History

• Founded in 2001 by celebrity lifestyle guru Kathie Dolgin, aka. High Voltage, when she declared “war on unhealthy lifestyles”and created the first Energy Up! Program at Mother Cabrini High School in Fort Washington, New York.
• In 2004, Voltage began to formalize the program and established EUVA, Inc, the not-for-profit umbrella organization.
• In 2004, EUVA partnered with The Young Women’s Leadership Foundation Schools.
• In 2004, Energy Up! was accredited by the NYC Board of Education.

“It’s considered a privilege to participate in Energy Up. The students look forward to it each week. They are having fun, getting stronger, trying new foods, and learning how to love and value themselves and others,”

- Arnette Crocker, Principal of the Young Women’s Leadership School, Bronx Campus

Medical Advisors

Dr. Ileana Vargas

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University. Pediatric Endocrinologist specializing in Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes. Alumnus of Mother Cabrini High School
• Curriculum Development Advisory Committee, Sesame Street Workshop, Healthy Lifestyle Initiative, 2004-Present
• Featured medical expert on the Today Show

Dr. Betsy Pfeffer

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Columbia University. Specializing in Adolescent Medicine
• Featured medical expert on ABC News special Fat Like Me: How to Win the Weight War

pictured from left to right: Voltage; Lynn Gettleman Chehab, M.D., M.P.H. (research fellow who conducted the study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health); Betsy Pfeffer, M.D.; and Ileana Vargas, M.D.

Program Credentials

• Accredited by the New York City Board of Education to provide physical education credits
• Independent Medical Study conducted by physicians at Columbia University
• Findings accepted and presented at the 2005 meeting of the Pediatric Societies in Washington, DC 
• Findings published in the May 2007 Journal of Adolescent Health

Leadership

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Board of Directors

Under Construction

EUVA, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization.