Basking Ridge to Host Presentation on Fighting Metabolic Syndrome

Basking Ridge, NJ -- The Regional Chronic Disease Coalition of Morris and Somerset (RCDC) and its members, the Bernards Township Health Department and Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, will sponsor a program entitled “Triple the Risk: Fighting Metabolic Syndrome”.

The program will be held on Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. in the Warren Craft Room at the Bernards Township Municipal Building located at One Collyer Lane, Basking Ridge.

Participation is free but seating is limited. To register for this program, send your name, email address and phone number to health@bernards.org or phone 908-204-2520 by Feb. 29.

The two experts presenting this program include: Deborah Neiman, MD, from Step Ahead Wellness Center in Far Hills; and Eleni Pellazgu, APN, MS from the Atlantic Health Weight and Wellness Center.

This program was designed to focus on the group of risk factors which when present simultaneously are called Metabolic Syndrome and can lead to increased risk for coronary heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. These metabolic conditions may include a large waistline; high blood pressure; high triglyceride level; low HDL cholesterol; and a high fasting blood sugar.

Follow up sessions targeting the impact and benefit of nutrition and exercise will be held in the same place and time on the following dates: March 16th : Is Food Friend or Foe? And March 30th : Let’s Get Physical and Slow the Damage from Metabolic Syndrome. Additional information about these programs will be available at the initial program.

Further information is available at www.bernardshealth.org.

-- Bernards Township Health Department