"Keeping employees healthy -- physically and mentally -- as well as at
work and productive, or returning them quickly and safely to work following a
disability, is what we're all about," continues Russell. Each resident is treated by a team of six
professionals including a psychiatric and primary care provider, registered
dietitian, Masters-trained therapist, psychologist and registered nurse.

Counseling, psychotherapy, and treatment services involving hypnosis, available to help people overcome mental health problems and difficulties.

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-- After a disability is reported: Through CIGNA Life Assistance,
information is provided to help employees return to work.

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Emotional eating refers to a range of behaviors in which people eat for
reasons other than physiological hunger or participation in cultural events.
"A primary risk factor for emotional eating is living in a culture that
values thinness," adds Cumella.

"It's important to remember that emotional eating disorders are very
treatable," said Cumella.

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Known as CIGNA Life Assistance(SM), the EAP program is part of CIGNA's
comprehensive approach to meeting the diverse physical and emotional needs of
today's workforce.

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CIGNA has delivered Employee Assistance programs to customers through
CIGNA Behavioral Health for more than 30 years and extended the offering to
employers who have the company's long-term disability (LTD) coverage in August
2003.

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Emotional Eating Haunts Millions of Americans

Some Americans are overweight because of emotional
eating problems.
-- Consuming foods that are enjoyable or associated with positive
experiences brings pleasure, temporarily supplanting depression. The
professional staff equips each resident with the right tools to live a
healthy, productive life. For more information, call 1-800-445-1900 or visit
http://www.

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Remuda Ranch's Emotional Eating Program is a specialized 30 to 60 -day
residential program for women and girls struggling with emotional eating.

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S. and around the globe , CIGNA's operating subsidiaries offer
a full portfolio of medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy and vision
care benefits; group life, accident and disability insurance, and health care
coverages for expatriate employees.S.
People most likely to eat emotionally have also been abused, come from
overweight families, and experience low self-esteem. "Public and professional awareness is crucial, so
that professionals identify and sufferers seek assistance for emotional eating
problems .

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affecting all age groups. Twenty-five to 30 percent of Americans with emotional eating issues
are not being routinely identified by counselors or seeking help for their
eating problems.
-- Certain foods raise endorphin levels, mimicking drug use and elevating
mood.

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According to studies by the U. "This makes all Americans at risk because our
culture values thinness, therefore creating categories of 'forbidden' foods
and leading to a chronic experience of food deprivation .

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-- Eating to the point of physical discomfort distracts individuals from
their emotional pain.

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The situation for Americans is exacerbated by the abundant availability of
rich foods and large restaurant portions, coupled with a sedentary lifestyle
promoted by cities built around driving cars rather than walking.
Emotional eating is an effort at emotion regulation .

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Remuda Treatment Centers offer professional, Biblically based
programs exclusively dedicated to the professional treatment of females
suffering from eating disorders.

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Emotional eating affects far more Americans -- men, women
and children from diverse cultural backgrounds -- than the more extensively
researched eating disorders, anorexia and bulimia.

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"One way to do that
is by extending benefit programs that have already shown great value to
additional CIGNA Group Insurance products and services. Other forms of emotional eating
also exist, including: eating when not hungry, eating foods perceived as
"forbidden", grazing, eating to soothe or forget feelings, and other emotional
uses of food.remudaranch.

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The most researched emotional eating problem is binge eating.

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Because CIGNA offers a
complete line of health and benefit products, we are uniquely positioned to do
just that," says Diane Russell, assistant vice president, Life Product
Management. "For example, employees can take advantage of discounted legal
services to obtain consultation on preparing their will as part of this
program. "Many
people are ashamed of their emotional eating, so they keep the behavior
secret. It works in various
ways:

-- Eating produces physiological satiety, which reduces the physiological
agitation associated with anger, distress and anxiety.

About Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating Disorders
Remuda Ranch is a caring place for women and girls who are suffering from
ever-increasing levels of anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorder related
issues.

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-- During the stress of life events: CIGNA Life Assistance can help
employees and their families deal with stress issues that, if
unresolved, can become much bigger problems.

-- Access to CIGNA Healthy Rewards: Offered through CIGNA's health care
division, this program helps employees and their families take
advantage of expanded and alternative health care options with
discounts on smoking cessation, weight management and vision and
hearing care.

Programs like CIGNA's Life Assistance EAP also help employers save money.

Includes national services and general informaton or referral services.

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Serving millions of customers, clients and
members in the U.

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Department of Labor , $5 to $16 in health care
costs can be saved for every $1 invested in an Employee Assistance program ."

About CIGNA
As a Business of Caring, CIGNA (NYSE: CI) provides employers with benefits
programs, expertise and services that improve the health, well-being and
productivity of their employees. These
experiences place Americans in a contradiction: we're told to fight our
biological drive to eat and minimize food intake in order to be thin, but we
are simultaneously saturated with a plethora of available foods and choices.

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"CIGNA is committed to offering employers products and services that
address employee needs at all stages of their life. Perhaps as much as
two -thirds of people who eat for emotional reasons are depressed, one-third
are anxious and one-third abuse substances.com .

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PHILADELPHIA, April 26, 2005 -- CIGNA is now
offering its extensive suite of work and life assistance services to employers
who purchase group life insurance through CIGNA Group Insurance, as an
additional resource to help companies better manage the physical and emotional
needs of their workforce. The program, offered through CIGNA's Behavioral Health
division, provides workers and their immediate family access to both in-person
and telephonic consultation services with behavioral health counselors, as
well as a variety of support services including child care referrals, senior
care, substance abuse or alcohol programs, or discounted alternative health
care services, such as smoking cessation and weight management programs. Most people only think about their life insurance as a way to
provide for their families when they are no longer around to do so. For
example, if the disabled employee needs child care arrangements, the
program can offer referral services for local child care resources.com.Remuda Ranch, Nation's Leading Eating Disorder Treatment Center, Reports 25 to
30 Percent of Americans Aren't Properly Diagnosed or Seeking Help for
Emotional Eating Disorders

PHOENIX, Obesity is an epidemic in the U. When this
occurs with regularity and without efforts to purge the calories consumed , the
individual might have Binge Eating Disorder.

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CIGNA Makes Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) Available On Life Insurance Coverage As Part of Comprehensive Services to Help Employees Better Manage Work and

Life
assistance services, particularly access to mental health counseling, can be
invaluable not only during the painful time leading up to and just following a
loved one's death, but at any time an employee needs help managing stress,
dealing with depression or balancing work and life pressures . These counselors can help identify problems and make
referrals to local resources to help employees deal with their
illnesses before it leads to time off from work or job loss. Many of these programs may not typically be covered by
insurance, but can still be important components to maintaining
health. Web site: http://www.
-- Large amounts of food eventually reduce blood sugar levels which also
reduces the physiological agitation associated with anger, distress
and anxiety.

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Employees have access to one of the largest
networks of behavioral health counselors in the country through CIGNA
Behavioral Health , which contracts nationally with more than 50,000
providers.

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The EAP program helps workers in many ways, including:

-- Preventing time away from work: Many illnesses such as asthma or
diabetes carry a high risk of depression, which can be aggravated by
work or family stresses.
"Emotional eating problems have become so common that we forget they are
seriously distressing to people," said Edward Cumella, PhD, director of
research and education at Remuda Ranch , Programs for Eating Disorders.