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| Written by Alicia Kania | ||||
| Thursday, 29 September 2005 11:00 PM | ||||
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Campus Recreation’s new eight-week weight management program is set to start the week of Oct. 17 and end the week of Dec. 19. The program will focus on teaching people how to make healthier choices in their eating and cover fitness, based on personal needs. “This isn’t just focused on weight loss,” said Carrie Lutter, Campus Recreation assistant wellness director. “If people want to gain weight we can help them as well. It’s about managing a healthy weight, and this will teach them to do it in a healthy way.” According to Lutter, the decision to start the program came after requests from faculty and staff members who wished a weight management program were available on campus. A test-run of the program occurred in early August, at the end of which participants were surveyed. The results were used to determine changes that would be made for the actual program. One specific change will be more aerobic activities for participants. Frances Bradley, senior secretary in the School of Social Work, said she participated in the trial program with the hope of learning something new about staying healthy. “I [found the program helpful] especially when it came to logging my food,” she said. “It helped me concentrate on what I was eating.” She said she would recommend the program to others and she believes it will help them become more conscientious of their eating habits. The general program package costs $70 and includes one-hour meetings each week in which participants will listen to a lecture from a registered dietitian. Each person will use a Web-based dietary analysis to help determine nutrition and fitness goals. Body composition, weight measurements and resting metabolic rates will be calculated at the beginning of the meeting. For an extra $100, participants can get four sessions with a personal trainer and four nutrition consultation sessions. “I’m a big advocate for teaching people healthy habits, and these will benefit them for the rest of their lives,” Lutter said. “I really love seeing them take off with it. I think it’s a great benefit to have on campus.” The program is open to students, faculty and staff. Sign up in 212 Activities Building or by e-mailing Lutter at lutter@uta.edu. Views: 70 | E-mail
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