MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 11, 2009 – Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women will host a free 6-week weight loss program for teens beginning Monday, June 22.

Adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 and who are 20 pounds or more overweight are eligible for the program, which offers individualized sessions with a dietitian and personal trainer, lifestyle instruction from a certified diabetes educator and free blood testing for diabetes or prediabetes.

RENEW: Healthy Lifestyle Solutions is a program that addresses the emotional and lifestyle factors that lead to obesity and overeating. Funding for the program is made possible through the Project Diabetes grant from the state of Tennessee. The classes are limited to 12 participants a session.

For more information on RENEW or to register for a class, please call 901-227-9133.

Baptist Women’s Hospital, one of three hospitals in the nation honored with the American Hospital Association McKesson Quest for Quality Prize™ for 2006, opened on May 20, 2001. The 2005 Memphis Business Journal’s Best Place to Work winner for large businesses, it is the only freestanding women’s hospital in Memphis and one of only a handful of such hospitals in the country. The 140-bed facility features the Dr. Sam P. Patterson Library; a newborn intensive care unit; a high-risk pregnancy center; the Center for Urinary and Pelvic Disorders; the Women’s Health Center Boutique; the Women’s Health Center; the Baptist Comprehensive Breast Center; and the Baptist Breast Risk Management Center, the only center of its kind in the area.

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