Even for someone who knows the health risks, there is no easy path to maintaining a healthy weight. Fad diets, diet pills and liposuction may result in weight loss, but the improvements are often temporary. Long-term success requires permanent lifestyle changes and the ability to resist the temptations we face every day.
Far too many Americans who are overweight or obese and who continue to develop health problems as a result. In order to end the epidemic, everyone must be part of the solution. Come and have your BMI calculated by the Mary Black School of Nursing Community health students and learn your numbers.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. invites the campus community to attend the Go RED for Women's Heart Health event which will be held on Monday, February 18, 2013 at 7 p.m. in the CLC Ballroom. Help us promote awareness about the #1 killer of women today! Join us to hear from our guest speaker who is one of Upstate's faculty, Dr. Tammy Gilliam, who will speak on the importance of being heart healthy, as well as signs and symptoms of a heart attack that many women may not know.