Healthy Living/Viviendo Mejor Begins its Second Cycle
Written by Post Public Information Representative, Feb 16, 2012, 0 Comments
Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
Laredo, TX—The City of Laredo Health Department (CLHD), in collaboration with the Laredo Health Coalition (LHC), introduced a new program Healthy Living/Viviendo Mejor (HLVM to increase diabetes prevention awareness activities, reduce risks of diabetes and chronic diseases and improve diabetes self management to prevent complications due to this illness, which affects many in our community.
HLVM just graduated its first class and is currently seeking fifty (50) people to enroll in the second cycle. What is unique about these sessions is that it focuses on the family and community at large who are at risk of diabetes. HLVM helps persons take control of their chronic disease with self management and risk reduction classes, cooking lessons, fitness activities and peer support activities. Participants of the first session commented that what they learned during this program was life changing!
These free interactive classes are being offered to diabetics, their family members and/or persons at risk of developing diabetes. Participants must attend the program for ten (10) weeks and you still have time to enroll!
For more information visit the City of Laredo Health Department located at 2600 Cedar Avenue.
