Lynchburg Business

Programs to Keep the Pounds Off

Issue: June 2010 by Lynchburg Business in Healthcare

Weight control begins with proper nutrition and exercise. Centra offers the following programs and services to help keep the pounds off children and adults:

• Outpatient Nutrition Counseling
  An individualized program offered by nutrition services for patients needing medical nutrition therapy. A physician’s referral is required. For information, call (434) 200-4585.
• LEARN Program for Weight Management
  The Stroobants heart center offers a 12-week program that teaches the skills necessary to live and maintain a health body weight in today’s “toxic” environment of high-fat, high-calorie foods and numerous labor-saving devices. For information, call (434) 237-8163 or (434) 200-2237.
• Shapedown
  The leading weight management program for children and teens. The Stroobants heart center offers this 10-week, family-based program that targets nutrition and activity in both overweight children and their parents. For information, call (434) 237-8163 or (434) 239-9355.
• Healthy Steps
  Centra, in conjunction with area YMCAs, offers personalized, structured exercise programs and health education. A centra registered nurse and/or exercise physiologist works closely with each client throughout the program. The average length of the program is three months. For more information, ask to speak to a centra Stroobants heart center representative at the closest YMCA location to you.