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Dr. David L. Katz to Speak in Westport on Weight Management

As our country faces a frightening epidemic of rising obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and chronic disease among adults and children it is possible that this generation of children will be the first to have shorter life spans than their parents.

What can we do to stop this trend?

During this exciting program, Dr. Katz will share with you his experiences and some of the many things you can do to improve your  health and well being and "turn the tide." He will emphasize the power of lifestyle over health, and the importance of a holistic, mind/body/spirit approach. 

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Dr. Katz is:

  • The 2009 Children's Health Award winner most influential people in the lives of children
  • Medical Journalist, Director and Founder of Yale University's Prevention Research Center
  • Named three times by Consumers Research Council of America as one of America's top physicians in Preventive Medicine
  • Nominated in 2009 for the position of U.S. Surgeon General to the Obama Administration.

 

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