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2017 Wellness Expo
Lincoln Daily News Wednesday, February 15, 2017
For more information, see Controlling Your
Diabetes from the Center for Disease Control
and Prevention’s (CDC) publication. https://
www.cdc.gov/diabetes/managing/eatright.html
For help getting on the right fitness track
you might schedule a visit with Mark Craig,
Exercise Physiologist at Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital. Or, see one of several
personal fitness trainers at the Lincoln Park
District, Reps Gym, and other fitness facilities
in the area.
You may also want to consider Memorial’s
Weight Loss and Wellness Diabetes Services,
which is there to help people reduce and
prevent complications associated with
diabetes. Registered Dietician and Certified
Diabetes Counselor Jennifer DiPasquale can
help you learn how to manage diabetes and
practice good nutrition.
And, one last thing if you are older or have a
family history of colorectal cancer, schedule
an exam or have a fecal/occult test performed.
[Sources cited from the CDC and the
Logan County Health Need Assessment/Jan
Youngquist]
Memorial’s Weight Loss and Wellness
Center is based on the nationally recognized,
evidence-based model of Geisinger Health
System. Memorial’s program includes a
medical (non-surgical) weight loss program;
accredited bariatric surgery program; diabetes
services; outpatient nutrition services; and
fitness. It provides physicians a comprehensive
resource to refer their patients to for
individualized counseling and education.
Collaborative partners include ALMH,
Memorial Medical Center, Memorial
Physician Services, Springfield Clinic, SIU
School of Medicine,
Healthy Communities Partnership.