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Fun
:Reaching Out
ONGOing eVENTS at Ochsner
Golden Opportunity is a membership
program for seniors age 50 or better that
promotes an active, healthy lifestyle, with
more than 10 wellness, educational and
social events offered each month, plus
travel opportunities.
£ To learn about upcoming events,
call the location nearest you.
New Orleans: 1-888-306-2189
West Bank: 504-391-5353; TTY 504-207-1226
Baton Rouge: 225-755-4984
Hello Health is a healthcare seminar series for the
community. Reaching from New Orleans, the Bayou, the
West Bank, to the North Shore and to Baton Rouge, each
week a relevant and important health topic or current
medical trend is discussed. Discussions are led by a
physician or a healthcare expert at either a restaurant or
other convenient location.
£ Visit www.ochsner.org/hello health or call 1-888-306-2318
for upcoming topics and locations. Tune in! Hello Health is now
on TV every fourth Monday of the month on LAE–TV at 8 p.m.
HELLO HEALTH
A WEEKLY SEMINAR SERIES FOR THE COMMUNITY
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Get on board
Want the mobile unit to
visit? Visit www.elmwood
fitness.com for the criteria
and application. Or to learn
more, view the Mobile Fitness
Unit video on Ochsner
Video Health Links at
www.ochsner.org.
“On the Move” worked
with 4th and 5th graders
at Samuel Green Charter
School in New Orleans twice
a week for five months.
On the Move takes “I Can Do It” on the road
“We’re the second fattest state for kids,” says Douglas Moodie,
M.D., M.S., Chairman of Pediatrics at Ochsner Medical
Center for Children in New Orleans. “The growing childhood
obesity epidemic and the continual reduction of P.E. classes in
schools has us headed in the wrong direction.”
In response to this crisis, Elmwood Fitness Center launched
its “I Can Do It” program a few years ago. The program has
been very successful in teaching children about exercise and
nutrition as the basis for a healthy lifestyle. But it was only
reaching the kids who came to the center. That’s why
“On the Move,” a mobile fitness unit, was built.
“On the Move” operates out of a custom 50-foot long
truck filled with kid-friendly exercise equipment and a
demonstration kitchen. It expands to 12 feet wide when
parked and includes an awning and an outdoor entertainment
system to reach kids inside and out. Air conditioning and
plasma screens add to the fun and comfortable environment.
“The mobile unit was a six-year dream of mine,” says
Michael Heim, Youth Fitness Manager at Elmwood Fitness
Center. “We want to give kids a positive experience and
inspire their confidence.”
The Mobile Fitness Unit
was named a CityBusiness
[“Innovator of the Year” for 2008.
1-866-Ochsner www.ochsner.org