GHS offering free sessions on new weight management program

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The Tidelands Health Newsroom

Published on July 01, 2014

GHS offering free sessions on new weight management program

Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Georgetown Hospital System is holding three free information sessions in July on a comprehensive medical weight management program that addresses the medical complications of overweight and obesity.

A 20-percent discount is being offered to enrollees in the new program.

Called NuMed, the program encourages opportunities for weight loss and promotes a healthy lifestyle.  NuMed will be supervised by a physician and offer behavior modification, meal replacements, medication and bariatric surgery to fit the needs of each client.

 Sessions are planned for:

July 7, 7 p.m.  Waccamaw Medical Park West,  Suite 302

July 14, noon.  Waccamaw Medical Park West, Suite 302

July 21, 7 p.m.  Waccamaw Medical Park West,  Suite 302

Sessions will be led by a GHS dietitian and include opportunities for participants to ask questions.

Waccamaw Medical Park-West is located at 4040 Highway 17 Bypass, behind Waccamaw Community Hospital, in Murrells Inlet.  For more information, call 520.8367.

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