LOCAL DOCS COME TOGETHER TO TACKLE THE OBESITY CRI

LOCAL DOCS COME TOGETHER TO TACKLE THE OBESITY CRISIS
Being overweight or obese can not only hurt your image, but your health as well.

(Collegeville, PA) – September 10, 2010 - "Do you want fries with that?" is what millions of Americans hear when going through the drive-thru of many of the fast food restaurants.  As one would imagine, people who eat fast-food burgers, fries, and milk-shakes would be more prone to the obesity crisis then those who don't.  While there is some truth to this, there are other avenues that need to be tackled as well.  "I was one of those people who would stop and get a burger and fries while rushing around during my lunch time because I had little time to do anything else and was hungry", said Dr. Douglas Swede, a local chiropractor and certified health coach with Take Shape for Life.  "I know how to eat healthy.  I was even going to the gym, but was not losing the weight I wanted.  Then I learned of a great program that helped me to successfully drop the weight and keep it off.  That is when I started to coach others, including some of my patients to do the same.", further explained Swede.

Take Shape for Life, the coaching arm of Medifast, a Fortune 500 company, employs doctors and health coaches to work with individuals who are looking for a life-changing program that will not only help them to lose significant weight, but to also learn how to keep it off.  Dr. Swede and his colleagues who are also Take Shape for Life health coaches, Dr. Jeff Snyder, Dr. Hank Finkel, Dr. Andrew Harris, and Dr. Christopher Galeotti are joining forces deliver an eye-opening weight loss program in our community.   "Everyone can stand to lose a few pounds, but with obesity being an epidemic and projected to substantially increase over the next 10 years in the United States, we feel it is our obligation to hold a public forum where others can successfully learn the strategies for healthy weight loss and possibly reduce their diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol and other health-risk markers.", stated Dr. Snyder.

According to Epidemiologic Reviews, a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health publication, the numbers for projected obesity are staggering.  Should current trends of obesity continue, 75% of adults in the United States are projected to be overweight and 41% obese by 2015.

The doctors will be presenting a seminar called "The 5-Pack that helps you LOSE WEIGHT" at the Lower Providence Township Library located at 50 Parklane Drive in Eagleville on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 7:00pm. RSVP by 5:00pm Thursday, September 30^th by calling (610) 831-1650. For directions to the library, call (610) 666-6640.