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Special to The T&D The Times and Democrat | Posted: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:00 am |

S.C. States Brooks Health Centers annual Minority Community Health Summit on Saturday, March 24, will feature Dr. Ian Smith, a weight loss guru who is the host of his own nationally syndicated radio show, HealthWatch.

The theme of this years summit is: It takes a Village to Fight Health Disparities: Believe in a Healthy Blood Pressure. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first floor of M. Maceo Nance Jr. Hall on the university campus. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

According to http://www.cdc.govhttp://www.cdc.gov>, the top 10 health disparities that affect minorities are: heart disease; cancer; stroke; diabetes; unintentional injury; homicide; chronic lower respiratory disease; HIV/AIDS); nephritis, an inflammation of the kidney; and septicemia, a multiplication of the bacteria in the bloodstream producing a powerful toxin.

The summit will address some of those health challenges and examine current efforts to improve access to quality health care in the Orangeburg area.

Pinkey Carter, director of the Brooks Health Center, said the mission of the summit is to educate our students and the local community so that we can fight health disparities among our campus community.

Throughout the Minority Community Health Summit, an array of health disparity workshops will take place, such as: Diabetes: Its More than Sugar, Lets Get Moving, Lips, Hips and Fingertips: You are what you eat, Basic HIV 101: Understanding and protecting yourself and Believe in a Healthy Blood Pressure.

Smith will be the speaker for the summit. He has served as the medical/diet expert for six seasons on VH1s highly-rated Celebrity Fit Club, the creator and founder of the 50 Million Pound Challenge and the Makeover Mile, and as medical contributor on the nationally syndicated television show, Rachael Ray. Smith is also the host of HealthWatch on American Urban Radio Networks. He is the former medical correspondent for NBC News and for News Channel 4 where he filed reports for NBCs Nightly News and the Today show as well as WNBCs news broadcasts. Smith has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, The Tyra Banks Show, Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360 and Showbiz Tonight.

He was recently appointed by President Obama to the Presidents Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. He has also written for various publications, including Time, Newsweek, Mens Health and the New York Daily News, and has been featured in publications including People, Essence, Ebony, University of Chicago Medicine on the Midway, Cosmopolitan and Black Enterprise.

Smiths work has been honored by several organizations, such as the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for his coverage on the momentous events on Sept. 11, 2001. He is very active in charitable causes, currently a national advisory board member for The Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity. He has also served on the boards of the American Council on Exercise, the New York Mission Society, the Prevent Cancer Foundation and the New York Council for the Humanities.

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SKOKIE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

RETROFIT LLC (retrofitme.com) the data-driven weight loss program for data-driven people announced today that the company completed a $2 million financing round led by I2A Fund, New World Ventures, and FireStarter Fund, in addition to the $700,000 previously raised in late 2011. A number of prominent business leaders committed to defeating the nations obesity epidemic also participated in the financing.

Although the obesity epidemic has reached crisis proportions in the United States, there has been almost no disruptive thinking in the weight loss industry. RETROFITs data-driven nutrition, fitness, and counseling program promises to change that. The approach is intensive without being invasive and the results are promising. Over 90% of all clients report positive weight-loss results, with an average of 1.1 pounds lost per week, said Stuart Larkins, Managing Director, I2A Fund. We see great potential in RETROFITs revolutionary model.

The capital infusion will be used in RETROFITs ongoing efforts to ensure that our customers realize long-term weight loss success, said CEO Jeff Hyman. Our mission is to free the healthy person within all of us. We achieve this through a blend of sustainable behavior change, data analysis, and personalized support.

Our program marries advanced internet technology with direct one-on-one counseling by a team of nutrition, fitness, and behavior professionals, Hyman said. It is an optimal solution for busy people whose schedules and responsibilities have made achieving healthy weight levels so challenging. We are committed to turning the tide on the obesity epidemic.

During the 12-month program, RETROFIT clients follow a personalized nutrition and fitness plan; attend weekly Skype video meetings with a private team of registered dieticians, behavior coaches, exercise physiologists; and use advanced wireless devices to track weight, body composition, physical activity, and sleep patterns from home.

Clients receive ongoing communication and reinforcement from their personal professional advisors that helps new habits stick. Its a very different approach and our clients love it, Tucker Toft-Dupuy, one of Retrofits 40 Wellness Experts, shares. Our Wellness Experts love it too. I get the high impact expert interaction of my peers and we work together to change peoples lives for good. Nothing could be more exciting.

Retrofit markets its innovative service directly to consumers, through employers, and physicians.

The investment group includes:

Lon Chow, General Partner, Apex Venture Partners Brian Jacobs, General Partner, Emergence Capital Partners Renee LaBran, Partner, Rustic Canyon Fontis Partners Matt Ocko - Partner, Three Kingdoms Capital Partners Shaun Abrahamson - Partner, EigenValue Fund Matt Dickinson - Partner, Growth Angels Larry Levy, Chairman, Levy Restaurants Dan Malven, Chairman, Analyte Health Sridhar Murthy - CEO, Analyte Health Jai Shekhawat, CEO, Fieldglass Ancelmo Lopes, CEO, Ameritox James Roberts, CEO, Chamberlain Group Jerry Acuff - CEO, DeltaPoint Jeff Hughes - CEO, BizLab Tom Peterson - CEO, Social Leverage Brian Spaly - CEO, Trunk Club Howard Lindzon - CEO, StockTwits Dan Clifford - CEO, AnswerLab Matt Gray, President, G Bar David Rosenblatt, Vice Chairman, Arava Power Bob Brinker - Publisher, Brinker Advisory Services

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THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- An electronic diary program helped improve overweight and obese adults' adherence to a weight-loss regimen, according to a new study.

The study included 210 overweight or obese adults who were asked to keep track of aspects of weight-loss treatment such as attendance at group sessions and energy and exercise goals.

The participants kept track using either a paper diary, a personal digital assistant (PDA) without feedback, or a PDA with a program that provided personalized dietary and exercise feedback messages.

The participants who received the feedback messages (one per day on diet and one every other day on exercise) were more successful in attending group sessions, meeting daily calorie goals, meeting daily fat-intake goals, reaching weekly exercise goals and monitoring their eating and exercise.

After six months, people in the group that received feedback messages saw weight loss of more than 5 percent. After 24 months, however, weight loss was similar in all three groups, according to the study, which is scheduled to be presented Thursday at an American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in San Diego.

"The results suggest that using an electronic diary improves treatment adherence," study author Lora Burke, a professor of nursing and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, said in an AHA news release.

"Over time, participants' adherence declined, particularly in the later phase as contact frequency declined and subsequently ended," she said. "Adherence in the paper-diary group declined more than in the device groups."

Because this study was presented at a medical meeting, the data and conclusions should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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The U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has more about weight loss.

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Delgado wasnt referring to some magic beauty serum but to a swimwear brand that claims to make you lose 10 pounds in 10 seconds (the amount of time it takes to put it on, Prieto explains), and which may well be the fountain of youth equivalent for many women.

Prieto runs the 12-year-old multi-brand boutique called Itsie-bitsie, and her mom, who loves the sun and water, was a longtime fan and user of Miraclesuit, the American swimwear line.

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Apart from its slimming benefits, Prieto says, a Miraclesuit doesnt lose its shape even after many washes, perhaps owing to its unique fabric called Miratex, which has three times more spandex than most swimsuits.

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