Pritikin Is How You Transform
Your Health for Life.
An immersive physician-led residential program bringing together medical expertise, nutrition, movement and behavior change to deliver measurable health transformation.
EXPLORE BY HEALTH FOCUS:
LOCATED ON OUR 800-ACRE
MIAMI RESORT
, FLORIDA
One Program. Every Part of Your Health Working Together.
Lasting health transformation rarely comes from focusing on one number, one symptom, or one part of your lifestyle in isolation. The Pritikin Transformation Program brings a coordinated team of physicians and health experts together around your individual health needs and goals. Medical guidance, nutrition, movement, education and behavior change work as one connected program, giving you the expertise, environment and daily structure to make meaningful progress.
Since 1975, Pritikin has helped thousands of people improve their health through an evidence-based approach designed around lasting change.
Your Program Brings Together:
Nutrition
Experience a proven approach to eating that supports your health while showing you how satisfying and practical healthier choices can be.
Physician-Led Health Guidance
Put the principles of movement, nutrition, education, and behavior change into practice every day within a supportive residential environment.
Movement
Improve fitness, strength, mobility, and confidence through movement tailored to your current ability and health goals.
Behavior Change
Identify the habits and patterns influencing your health and learn practical strategies to make healthier choices easier to sustain at home.
- Physician consultation and assessment
- Clear explanation of current health and priorities
- Practical education on lifestyle medicine
- Daily movement and fitness
- Chef-prepared meals and practical nutrition learning
- Daily structure and behavioral support
- Expert-led sessions and education
- Wellness and recovery experiences
- Nutrition and meal principles
- Structured routines and accountability
- Luxury facilities that support the stay
Results You Can Measure. Changes You Can Feel.
The Transformation Program helps you put evidence-based recommendations into practice every day and see how your health responds while you are still at Pritikin.
83%
No longer needed blood pressure medication
Source: Journal of Cardiac Rehabilitation
54%
Reversed diabetes
Journal of Applied Physiology
60%
Reversed metabolic syndrome
Journal of Applied Physiology
23%
Reduction in LDL cholesterol
Archives of Internal Medicine
Individual results vary depending on health status, medical circumstances and length of stay.
What Do You Want to Change
About Your Health?
People come to Pritikin at different stages of their health journey. Some arrive after a health scare. Others want to address an existing condition, improve their metabolic health, lose weight, or take action now to protect their future health.
The Pritikin Transformation Program is tailored around what matters most to you.
From Understanding Your Health to Living Differently
Pritikin doesn’t just give you recommendations and send you home.
The Transformation Program helps you understand your health, put expert guidance into practice, measure your progress, and leave knowing how to continue those changes in everyday life.
1
Understand Your Health
Your stay begins with a clearer picture of your health, goals, and priorities through medical assessment and consultation with the Pritikin team.
This helps to shape your experience around what you want and need to change.
2
Put the Recommendations
Into Practice
Instead of simply being told to eat differently, move more, or manage stress, you experience those recommendations every day. Nutrition, movement, education, and behavior change become part of your daily routine within an environment designed around your health.
3
See and Feel Your Progress
During your stay, you can measure changes in key areas of your health and see how consistent lifestyle change can affect how you look and feel.
4
Continue Your Transformation
Before you leave, the focus turns to everyday life.
You return home with greater understanding, practical skills, a tailored plan and 30 days of continued support through the Pritikin Plus app to help you maintain momentum.
Just One Stay Could Change What Comes Next.
Residential stays at Pritikin begin at one week.
One stay allows you to step away from everyday routines, focus fully on your health, and experience what can happen when medical guidance, nutrition, movement, and behavior change work together every day.
Longer stays give you more time to deepen your understanding, reinforce healthier behaviors, and continue your progress.
Whatever the length of your stay, the purpose is the same: to help you experience meaningful change and know how to continue it when you return home.
One stay at Pritikin. Continued transformation at home.
Everything Working Together Around Your Health
The Pritikin Transformation Program combines the expertise, support, and daily structure you need all within one connected experience.
Depending on your individual health needs and goals, your program can include:
Specialized Physician Expertise
Personalized medical assessments, consultations, and ongoing guidance from experienced physicians dedicated to helping you achieve your health goals.
Nutrition
Chef-prepared meals, nutrition, education, and practical guidance designed to show you how healthier eating can work in everyday life.
Movement and Fitness
Expert-led cardiovascular exercise, strength, mobility, and movement tailored to your current ability and health goals.
Behavior Change Support
Practical strategies to help you understand the behaviors influencing your health and establish healthier routines that can continue at home.
Health Education
Expert-led sessions that help you understand the connection between lifestyle, health risk, and long-term wellbeing.
Practical Learning
Cooking demonstrations, workshops, and everyday experiences that help you put healthier choices into practice.
Residential Experience
An immersive environment where your meals, movement, education, expert support, and daily routine are designed around improving your health.
Continued Support at Home
Every residential stay includes 30 days of continued support through the Pritikin Plus app.
Knowing What to Do Is Not the Same as Living It.
Most people know that eating well, moving more, and taking care of their health matter. The difficult part is turning that knowledge into everyday behavior.
Pritikin gives you the opportunity to step away from the routines and distractions of everyday life and make healthier choices every day.
At Pritikin:
- Nutritious meals are prepared for you
- Daily movement is structured and supported
- Physicians and health experts are accessible
- Education helps you understand why the changes matter
- Healthy behaviors are practiced rather than simply discussed
- A supportive community provides connection and encouragement
Pritikin is how knowing becomes doing.
You do not simply learn a healthier lifestyle. You experience what it feels like to live one.
Your Health. One Coordinated Team
Your transformation is supported by a coordinated team of health professionals with expertise across different disciplines, working around your individual needs and goals.
Your Team Includes:
- Physicians
- Registered dietitians
- Exercise physiologists
- Behavioral health experts
- Health educators
- Culinary professionals
Where appropriate, specialist medical expertise, including cardiology and endocrinology, can help address cardiovascular, metabolic, and other health priorities.
These disciplines work together to help you understand your health, make meaningful progress, and continue that progress beyond your stay.
Every Day Moves
Your Health Forward.
Your days at Pritikin combine expert guidance with practical application, giving you repeated opportunities to learn, experience, and reinforce healthier behaviors.
6:30 AM
MORNING WALK
Start the day with fresh air, gentle movement, and a quieter pace. Whether it is a walk through the grounds or simply easing into the morning, this is where the day begins feeling calm, clear and intentional.
7:30 AM
NOURISHING BREAKFAST
Warm oatmeal, fresh fruit, vegetables and chef-made dishes that wake you up without weighing you down. Balanced, energising and thoughtfully prepared to fuel your day the right way.
9:00 AM
FITNESS SESSION
The gym, tropical pools, group classes - you choose. Everything is guided and tailored to your level. Every session is designed to challenge you safely, helping you build strength with confidence.
Every Day Moves
Your Health Forward.
Your days at Pritikin combine expert guidance with practical application, giving you repeated opportunities to learn, experience, and reinforce healthier behaviors.
11:00 AM
WORKSHOP OR LECTURE
Sit in with our experts. Ask questions. Take notes. You’ll get real takeaways you’ll actually use post-stay. Knowledge here turns into action, giving you tools that last far beyond your time with us.
12:00 PM
Lunch
Colorful plates, fresh flavors, zero guilt. This is where you realize “healthy” can actually taste amazing. Every meal reinforces that nourishing your body can be both satisfying and sustainable.
1:00 PM
LUNCHEON EDUCATIONAL SESSION
A nourishing lunch paired with practical insight from Pritikin experts on nutrition, health and lifestyle.
Every Day Moves
Your Health Forward.
Your days at Pritikin combine expert guidance with practical application, giving you repeated opportunities to learn, experience, and reinforce healthier behaviors.
2:00 PM
LECTURE OR EDUCATIONAL SESSION
Expert-led sessions that turn knowledge on nutrition, behavior change and long-term health into practical action.
3:00 PM
FITNESS ACTIVITY
An afternoon activity such as tennis, yoga, dance, golf or swimming, helping make healthy movement part of real life.
6:00 PM
DINNER & GOOD COMPANY
Fresh, simple, delicious, shared with people on the same journey. The conversations here often become part of the experience. It’s a chance to connect, reflect with people on the same journey.
Every Day Moves
Your Health Forward.
Your days at Pritikin combine expert guidance with practical application, giving you repeated opportunities to learn, experience, and reinforce healthier behaviors.
8:00 PM
TIME TO UNWIND
A quiet walk, gentle stretch, book, or early night. That end of the day feeling of being cared for, by you. Slow down, switch off, and let your body fully absorb the day’s progress.
10:00 PM
sleep
Drift into deep, restorative sleep in a space designed for total comfort and calm. We recommend a good 8 hours. Wake feeling fully recharged and ready to take on another day of transformation.
An Environment Designed Around Your Health.
Where you make a change can be just as important as what you change. Pritikin gives you the space to step away from the habits, pressures, and routines of everyday life so you can focus fully on your health.
Medical expertise, movement, education, nourishing food, recovery, and community come together within one supportive residential environment.
Every part of your stay has a purpose: making healthier choices easier to understand, experience and continue.
Transform Your Health Alongside People Doing the Same.
Health transformation is personal, but you do not have to experience it alone. At Pritikin, you are surrounded by people who have also decided to take action for their health.
Shared meals, group movement, educational sessions, and activities create opportunities to connect, encourage one another, and celebrate progress together.
For many guests, the relationships they form become an important part of their Pritikin experience.
Continue the Transformation Beyond Your Stay
Every residential stay includes 30 days of continued support through the Pritikin Plus app, helping you apply what you have learned, maintain healthier routines, and continue building on your progress when you return home.
Through the Pritikin Plus app, you can:
- Continue applying what you learned during your stay
- Access expert-led educational content
- Support healthier nutrition and movement routines
- Track habits and stay focused on your progress
- Maintain accountability as everyday life resumes
- Stay connected to the Pritikin approach beyond your residential experience
Your residential stay allows you to experience a healthier way of living.
The Pritikin Plus app helps you continue it.
50 YEARS OF PRITIKIN
Thousands of Lives Transformed Since 1975.
Since 1975, Pritikin has helped thousands of people improve their health through an evidence-based approach combining medical expertise, nutrition, movement, education, and behavior change.
Across generations of guests, our mission has remained clear: helping people understand their health, experience measurable progress, and learn how to continue healthier living beyond their time at Pritikin.
Today, that experience comes together through the Pritikin Transformation Program, combining decades of expertise with a coordinated physician-led team and continued support at home.
50 years of experience. Thousands of lives transformed. Proven results that continue to shape the Pritikin program today.
Your Health Transformation Can Start With One Stay.
Your health goals, concerns, and reasons for considering Pritikin are personal.
A Pritikin Program Advisor can help you understand what happens during the Transformation Program, discuss what you want to change, and explore the stay that may be right for you.
During Your Conversation, You Can:
- Discuss your current health goals and concerns
- Understand what is included in the Pritikin Transformation Program
- Learn how your experience can be tailored to your health
- Explore different lengths of stay
- Ask questions about the physician-led experience
- Understand how support continues when you return home
Residential stays begin at one week and include 30 days of continued support through the Pritikin Plus app.