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Contestants

Meaghan (St. Johns River State College)

James (Jacksonville University)

Heather (St. Johns River State College)

Lisha (Trinity Baptist College)

Stephanie (FSCJ)

Maddison (FSCJ)

Kerri (FSCJ)

Kylie (FSCJ)

Lindsay (FSCJ)

Chad (The Broach School)

Jamie (University of North Florida)

Peter (St. Johns River State College)

Stories

Skip the Holiday Weight Gain

9:53 AM, Nov 14, 2011

Jacksonville, FL -- Memorial Hospital nutritionist, Emily Hoffman MS, RD, LD/N gives you some tips to keep your weight loss goals on track during the upcoming holiday season. 

Enjoy Thanksgiving & Still Lose Weight

10:37 AM, Nov 8, 2011

Jacksonville, FL -- Emily Hoffman, MS, RD, LD/N at Memorial Hospital has recipes for a healthy Thanksgiving dinner.  This Thanksgiving meal packs just 615 calories.

Letter Calling 6-Year-Old Obese Infuriates Mother

11:52 PM, Nov 3, 2011

A letter sent home to elementry school children at public schools across the state assessing their BMI is making parents on the First Coast furious.

Doctor Up Your Recipes and Improve Your Health

2:20 PM, Oct 31, 2011

Jacksonville, FL -- This week Emily Hoffman, MS, RD, LD/N provides you with healthy substitutes for common ingredients in holiday recipes.

Nutrition & Cancer Prevention

9:15 AM, Oct 24, 2011

Jacksonville, FL -- This week, Emily Hoffman, MS, RD, LD/N at Memorial Hospital provides you with tips to help prevent cancer through nutrition and exercise. 

Basics of Food Label Reading

8:35 AM, Oct 17, 2011

Jacksonville, FL -- Emily Hoffman, MS, RD, LD/N with Memorial Hospital provides useful insights into food labels and label claims.  Knowing how to read labels is important when you are trying to restrict your calories and lose weight. 

Grocery Shopping 101

8:58 AM, Oct 10, 2011

Jacksonville, FL -- Emily Hoffman, MS, RD, LD/N at Memorial Hospital provides some strategies for grocery shopping.  Grocery stores can be a stumbling block while trying to lose weight and they can be daunting if you don't know how to navigate through them. However, grocery shopping is a very useful tool in your weight loss journey. A successful healthy grocery shopping trip starts with a plan that takes your lifestyle into consideration. Here are a few tried and true principles to help you navigate the grocery store with confidence.   

Load Up on the Veggies and Lose Weight

9:27 AM, Oct 4, 2011

Jacksonville, FL -- Emily Hoffman, MS, RD, LD/N at Memorial Hospital shares the many health benefits of adding more vegetables to your diet. 

How Alcohol Impacts Your Weight Loss Goals

10:03 AM, Sep 26, 2011

Jacksonville, FL -- Emily Hoffman, MS, RD, LD/N at Memorial Hospital reveals the impact alcohol has on reaching your weight loss goals.  Not only is alcohol high in calories, but it alters your normal metabolism to store more calories as fat and can make sticking to you meal plan even more challenging. 

TODAY: YMCA Offers Week of Free Type 2 Diabetes Screening

1:34 PM, Sep 19, 2011

One in three people in America are at risk for type 2 diabetes. That's more than 79 million people, according to the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes is the gateway to many additional health complications including, heart disease, nerve disease, kidney disease, stroke, blindness and more. Because diabetes is a silent and progressive disease, 50 percent of those at high risk do not realize it.

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