Obesity seminar at Mulund gym, Mumbai

Talwalkars Mulund branch organised a seminar on obesity for health conscious members. The event took place on Saturday evening, 14 July 2007

The seminar began at 1630 hours IST with a welcome speech by Namrata, the assistant manager of Mulund branch. The topics of discussion were:

	How does exercise plays a role in healthy living?
	Information about balance diet
	Major problem faced by every third person in today's world -Obesity
	Complications related to obesity.

Personal trainer Simon talked about exercise and healthy living; Dietician Archana gave basic tips on balance diet. Dr. Mahesh, the in-house medical expert spoke on obesity, its causes, complications and management options. He also discussed child obesity, much to the interest of all members present.

Disorders and diseases related to obesity such as cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes and thyroid were discussed by dieticians Nisha and Avni. Namrata discussed suitable diet patterns for people with desk-jobs, creative-jobs, field-job, and night shift-job.

To make the seminar more interesting the organisers conducted a five-minute quiz competition to check the REAL PRESENCE of the members in the seminar. Finally, to make people feel energetic and get them into rhythm, a game called Health Station was devised with the participation of all staff members.

The seminar was a success, which lasted more than two hours, with an excellent response from all the members. Our managers Meghana and Subodh distributed the prizes. Kuldeep Karekar won the first prize in the Health Station game and Sonal Shetkar was the quiz competition winner. The seminar was followed by light snacks.

To know more about Mulund gym, kindly contact Ms Avni or front desk at 022 25614777 / 25614778