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Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital Nutrition and Dietetics Department is currently running its successful and newly revised “Weight for Health” Program. The group program is run by hospital dietitians and is designed to teach adults how to lose weight and keep it off. Topics include healthy eating, carbs and GI, hunger and satisfaction, exercise and activity and learning to decipher food labels.

Who are we?

The “Weight for Health” Team - Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital Nutrition and Dietetics Department.

You might like to read more about our team and their qualifications.

What do we do?

The Weight for Health group program has been running since 2005 with great success. It is a weekly one hour session run by Accredited Practicing Dietitians, designed to give adults the tools to lose weight and keep it off.

The program aims to give you the correct nutrition information you need to lose weight and then assist you to put this into practice. Often we know what changes need to be made but struggle to make and maintain the changes. The sessions are very practical and it is motivating and encouraging to talk with other group members who share the same struggles and have found good ideas and solutions. The groups are very friendly and supportive.

Each week we will include revision of the previous week with an opportunity to ask questions and share ideas or changes made, the topic of the day, handouts and an activity or practical example of ways to start making changes. You will have an opportunity to write your goals in the first session and we will use health coaching principles to assist you to achieve these goals. Many areas will be covered including:

• Healthy eating
• Fats and Cholesterol
• Carbohydrates and Glycaemic Index
• Activity and Exercise
• Eating out and takeaways
• Recipe Modification
• Listening to your appetite
• Metabolism
• Stress management
• Reading food labels

How you can access our service

Bookings are essential. Please call Julie Pogue to book in on 9477 9319.

Costs

$150 for 12 week program ($130 for pensioners)
Payments can be made by cash, cheques made out to Nutrition and Dietetics Department or by Visa/Mastercard.

Some Private Health Funds are providing rebates for this course. These include MBF, HCF, NRMA, Medibank Private and Teachers Federation. We anticipate other health funds making rebates available for this course, so if your fund is not included, please contact us and we will look into the matter for you.

Where you can find us

The program is held in the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital Education Centre – Room 5 for Day Program and Room 1 for evening Program.

Enter the Old Main Entrance in Palmerston Rd (near the Old Emergency Department) and walk down the corridor past the Kiosk. Once you have passed EMU/Malcolm Ward you will find a flight of stairs (if you need a lift there is one around the corner). Meeting Room 5 is at the top of the stairs on your right. Room 1 is at the end of the corridor to your left.

What are our hours?

Tuesday lunchtimes 12:30pm – 1:30pm OR
Tuesday evenings 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Programs run for 12 weeks and start on the following dates:

• 2009
  10^th February
  26^th May (day course only, no evening course available for the course commencing 26 May)
  15^th September

How you can contact us

Julie Pogue – Group Administrator- can be contacted on 9477 9319. You may also contact Julie by email.

When you arrive

Please arrive half an hour earlier on the first week to allow time for registration, weight, height and waist circumference measures prior to the session starting.

Each session will give you the opportunity to check your weight and waist circumference. This is not compulsory but we encourage you to do so at the beginning and end of the program. Please arrive on time so that the sessions can run to time.

More information:

Participant comments:

• I’ve enjoyed the whole course. As well as educating I have to say it’s been fun.
• For the first time in ten years I have photos of myself. I have lost some weight but more importantly, I feel good inside
• I am no longer rebelling and emotional eating. I am calmer and happier. The bonus is I am now down a size in clothing
• I have cut my fat and sugar intake. I can now walk to the village without pain. I do as much incidental exercise as possible.

Things liked about the program:

• Interaction in the class. We were all having the same sort of challenges
• I liked that we could ask any question and it would be answered
• Presentation was excellent – really changed thinking about what I am eating
• Encouragement
• Very easy going. Good group discussion – not being lectured
• Atmosphere of shared problems
• The variety and other people’s thoughts and ideas
• I loved that the entire program was informative yet relaxed and friendly. I enjoyed the content on label reading the most
• Having a dietitian available at all times to answer questions
• Learning lots – didn’t think I had much to learn about weight loss/nutrition etc but I was wrong!

The Weight for Health Team

What is APD?
APD stands for Accredited Practicing Dietitian. All the Dietitians conducting this course are accredited by the Dietitians Association of Australia. You can be reassured that they will provide you with accurate nutrition information. If you have other health or nutrition requirements our Dietitians have the skills required to tailor the information to your needs.

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Related links:

• Printable version
• Our Team
• Booking number & cost
• Education Centre map
• Nutrition and Dietetics Department
• 2009 group schedule
• Vegetables for health
• Childhood obesity
• Diabetes Education
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Dietitians Association of Australia