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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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Diabetes
Association, Inc. 170 Pleasant Street, FR 508-672-5671 |
All programs are designed for
people with diabetes or those at risk. Family members and caregivers are
urged to attend our informative programs to learn about caring for an
individual with diabetes. |
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| www.WeightWatchers.com |
This web site offers toll
free number ---1-800-651-600 which lists all the times and locations of
meetings in Fall River,
Swansea,
Seekonk, Dartmouth, New Bedford etc. Of all the resources for weight loss
this one is the most “natural” utilizing real food and teaching people to
make the correct choices. It is offered daily at one location or another
and is sometimes available 2 or 3 times on the same day at different times.
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| www.JennyCraig.com * |
Jenny Craig ‘s
website lists a local meeting across from the Swansea Mall
(508-678-9800) as well as others in the area. |
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| www.WeighLessCenter.com * |
WeighLess
Nutrition Centers has an office at 501 State Road in North
Dartmouth—that number is 508-999-1950 or call
1-866-Weighless |
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| www.NutriSystem.com * |
Nutrisystem is also
located at 501 State Road in North Dartmouth. The number is the same as the
Weighless Center, above. |
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| www.OvereatersAnonymous.com |
Overeater’s Anonymous
uses a religious base for their plan and has been proven to be effective
for those who are receptive to that particular approach. It has local
meetings in Fall River and meets Saturday at the Super Stop and Shop at
10:00 AM, on Sunday at the same location at 6:00 PM and at BCC on
Elsbree St on Tuesdays at 3:15 PM |
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All three of
these plans are good, but the food is delivered to your door (some of it is
dehydrated and needs to be reconstituted with water) and all of the contents
are already figured out by caloric content etc. It is convenient, but it
does not teach you how to choose the correct foods. And it is
expensive—average cost is $10 dollars a day or about $70-$80 a week. Once
you have lost the weight you have to learn to eat correctly again and it can
be a problem. |
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