WVU Medicine, Healthy Berkeley sponsor holiday weight management program

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Do you love the holidays, or dread the extra work and stress? Do you look forward to the parties, dinners, and traditional foods, or do you become anxious about the possible weight gain?

To help you maintain your weight and make healthier choices, The Wellness Center at WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Healthy Berkeley are offering "Maintain, Don’t Gain." 

This awareness campaign is not focused on losing weight, but rather maintaining weight and good health habits over the holidays. Challenge your family, neighbors, or co-workers to join. The support of those who you spend the holidays with will help you be successful and help you all be healthy.

"Maintain, Don’t Gain" is free and open to all. Come to The Wellness Center the week of Nov. 11 to weigh in and return the week of Jan. 6 to weigh out. When you weigh in, you will be given tools to help you make a plan to enjoy your holidays healthfully.

People who weigh in and weigh out will be entered in a prize drawing at the conclusion of the program. Those who maintain their weight will receive two entries in a prize drawing.

For more information about "Maintain, Don’t Gain," contact Dana M. DeJarnett at 304-264-1287, ext. 31814 or dana.dejarnett@wvumedicine.org. If you would like to offer "Maintain, Don’t Gain" to your employees or host a weigh-in site, information can be provided.