| Show Oprah's secret is is' revealed the weight management program that helped Oprah Winfrey lose 67 pounds pounds- will be introduced in two free workshops set for Feb 6 and 13 at Hospital Both workshops will be held at 7 pm p.m. in the hospitals hospital's Education Center Auditorium A private entrance is located one-half one block north of the main entrance at Eight Avenue and C Street Reservations can be made by calling calling calling call call- ing Op is designed for people who are at least 50 pounds overweight says Barry A. A Benowitz M MD M.D. D medical director of the program It aims at helping people whose weight threatens their health The program involves a medically supervised supervised supervised super super- super super- sparing protein-sparing modified fast that initial loss but focuses focuses' produces rapid weight on term long m weight t control he adds It It addresses addresses addresses ad ad- dresses the physical social and emotional elements elements elements ele ele- ments of f weight management management and and treats obesity as a dise disease se not a weakness s in char charac charac- charac r c ter ter participants are tre treated ted on an outpatient out outpatient out out- patient basis at Hospital and attended to tobe tobe tobe be a staff that includes a dietician and exercise physiologist and a social asocial worker The program has has' been used nationwide by more than people over the past 12 years Intermountain Health Care hospitals are its major sponsor in the Intermountain area |
