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For Immediate Release
For more information, contact:
Lynne B. Zultanky
Public Relations Manager
(757) 889-5413
lynn_zutlanky@bshsi.com

Bon Secours Offers Opportunity to
Lighten Up !
 The unique weight management system incorporates mind, body and spirit to help participants take off excess weight and keep it off.

Portsmouth, Va. (April 12, 2006)- Just in time for bathing suit weather, the Bon Secours Wellness Center’s Lighten Up! program will be starting another 20-week session.  Staffed by medical professionals, Lighten Up! focuses on helping participants change personal habits to learn how to take off excess weight and keep it off. The 20-week sessions includes: one-on-one guidance, as well as group sessions; pre and post cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure and body fat analysis; a participant manual; nutrition guide; relaxation tape; the Eat, Drink and Be Healthy book by W. Willett, MD of Harvard Medical School; and a support group to help reinforce learned behaviors.  Various payment options are available to cover the $299 participant fee.   For more information about times and locations call 889-CARE.  

Lighten Up! is an innovative weight loss program that pairs the latest science of weight management with mind/body medicine.  Research shows that certain lifestyle habits alter metabolism and trigger hormone imbalances that support weight gain. Dieting often further harms metabolism. Lighten Up! addresses this and teaches you how to correct the imbalance.  Instead of weigh-ins and pep talks, Lighten Up! offers a structured, multidisciplinary program of 2-hour weekly sessions over a 20-week period. Those who are between 10 – 30% over ideal weight and ready to make positive lifestyle changes can benefit from the lessons learned with Lighten Up!   Lighten Up! is a unique approach to weight loss. It’s an approach that recognizes the connection between the mind and the body and provides the tools to control metabolism, moods and stresses so participants stick with individualized eating strategies and exercise regimens.

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Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System is a leading health care organization known for providing care for the whole person with grace and clinical distinction. Bon Secours brings together a network of hospitals, primary care practices, ambulatory care sites and continuing care facilities to provide quality health care services to the residents of Hampton Roads. Bon Secours, which employs more than 4,500, includes: Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View, Bon Secours Maryview Nursing Care Center and St. Francis Nursing Center.