Did you know that losing just 10 pounds could reduce your risk of diabetes by almost 60 percent?

Southeast Missouri Hospital offers several weight control programs to help men and women lose pounds and get healthier.

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Starting Point

Do you have weight to lose? Is your weight impacting your health? Are you ready to make some life-long changes to how you eat and exercise? Then you are ready for Starting Point, a highly effective program for long-term health and weight management.

Starting Point is a medically-supervised program for rapid and safe weight loss with skill building to help you learn how to keep off the weight that you have lost. Our emphasis is on health and weight management, not dieting. And since the program has medical supervision, it is ideal for those with or without pre-exisiting medical conditions.

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Biometrics

Biometrics is a six-week weight control program designed for those who want to lose weight, tone up and feel great! It is a practical program, helping participants re-learn methods of food preparation and portioning of foods to better meet the needs of the body. It meets at Main Street Fitness in Jackson.

Working with the food portion of Biometrics is the critical component of exercise. Members meet three times a week for strength training workouts. Fee includes six-week food plan, water bottle, a t-shirt, pre and post-assessment, and small group strength training.

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Healthy Points

“Healthy Points” has been developed to keep the community up-to-date on current nutrition and fitness information. "Healthy Points" sessions are offered monthly at HealthPoint Plaza.

Each session combines nutrition education by a Registered Dietitian and fitness education by an Exercise Physiologist.

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