Health Tips, Blogs and Video Available at dietchallenge.usatoday.com
MCLEAN, Va., March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, March 31,
USA TODAY will kick of its fifth annual USA TODAY Weight-Loss Challenge.
The eight-week series will run every Monday in print and on
http://dietchallenge.usatoday.com.
Each week USA TODAY will follow the story of dieters who found ways to
make significant changes to their lives, and their waistlines. These
stories range from a man in Georgia who was triggered into losing weight
after a his dentist refused to perform a root canal due to his high blood
pressure; a woman in Michigan who fought to lose weight and get healthy
after being diagnosed with stage four breast cancer; and a woman in New
Jersey who lost 248 pounds and regained her slim figure and athletic
lifestyle. All stories will feature before and after photos and will be
available in print and online at http://dietchallenge.usatoday.com.
Ongoing features on http://dietchallenge.usatoday.com will include
weekly videos with registered dietitian Edith Hogan offering tips and
recipes for healthy eating; a selection of interactive menus featuring
great 1,500-calorie and 1,800-calorie-a-day diets with dozens of exciting
new recipes; an offering of menus that incorporate comfort foods cooked in
a healthful way from Cooking Light magazine; a special deal on pedometers
from America on the Move; and multiple blogs with a focus on weight loss
and healthy living.
Three blogs will be written by noted nutrition and diet experts: Keith
Ayoob an associate professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in
the Bronx works with overweight children and their families; Bonnie
Taub-Dix is a registered dietitian in New York City and Dawn Jackson
Blatner is a registered dietitian in Chicago, both are spokeswomen for the
American Dietetic Association. Three additional blogs will feature past
dieters who have been profiled in the USA TODAY's Weight-Loss Challenge:
Kelly Rhoads of Bowie, Md. who lost 170 pounds on Weight Watchers; Lee
Claypoole, youth minister in Greer, S.C. who lost 100 pounds weight
training and watching calories; and Kemichelle Taylor, fulltime student and
part-time personal trainer in Mobile, Ala. who lost 234 pounds watching her
diet and exercising regularly and is now a personal trainer at a gym.
The USA TODAY Weight-Loss Challenge will wrap up with a cover story
featuring Claudia Vercellotti, 38, of Toledo. First featured in USA TODAY
in early-February, Claudia weighed 347 pounds and is 5'6". To date she has
lost 16 pounds by following Weight Watchers and exercising regularly.
Vercolletti has her own blog on http://dietchallenge.usatoday.com and has
been documenting her journey through her own weight-loss challenge.
USA TODAY is the nation's top-selling newspaper. It is published via
satellite at 34 locations in the USA and at four sites abroad. With a total
average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide.
USA TODAY is published by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI). The USA TODAY
brand also includes: http://www.USATODAY.com, an award-winning news and
information Web site that is updated 24 hours per day; USA TODAY Sports
Weekly, a magazine for enthusiasts of college and professional football and
baseball; USA TODAY Mobile, offering up-to-the minute news and information
on a variety of mobile platforms and devices; and USA TODAY LIVE, the
television arm of the USA TODAY brand that brings the spirit and quality of
the newspaper to television.
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