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UI Health Care News: Week of March 19, 2007
Overcoming Obesity Seminar
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Does your weight make it hard for you to play with your kids or enjoy a night at the movies? Has obesity compromised your life? Isaac Samuel, MD, UI Obesity Surgery, and Joseph Dillon, MD, from UI Weight Management will present a free seminar about UI Hospitals and Clinics' surgical and non-surgical weight loss options from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 1220 First Avenue, Coralville. Registration is encouraged but not required. To register, call UI Health Access at 800-777-8442. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics offers one of the safest surgical weight loss programs in the country. Led by highly experienced physicians, it is supported by a comprehensive team of physicians, dietitians, and counselors who will be there for you throughout your weight loss efforts. They offer a unique lifetime continuum of care for both obesity surgery and weight loss management programs. UI Hospitals and Clinics is a Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield designated Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery and a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric SurgerySM, a nationwide program established by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. This designation underscores the program's excellence in patient education and outstanding clinical outcomes. UI Weight Management is a medically supervised program that empowers individuals to achieve weight loss for life by focusing on diet, exercise, educational therapy, and behavioral therapy. This program will not only help you lose weight, but can greatly impact and reduce other obesity-related health issues such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, arthritis, heart disease, and sleep apnea. |
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