哥伦比亚大学医疗中心和纽约高峰医院为员工发起减肥计划，以实现新年的决议
WHAT: Kick-off events—including an opening ceremony and hour-long campus power walk— for “Be Fit to Be’ne’fit,” an outreach and awareness campaign designed to help employees stick to their New Year’s weight loss resolutions and make important dietary and fitness-related changes at work. Power walk participants will receive a light breakfast, a step counter, and the opportunity to win a free three-month membership at the NewYork-Presbyterian Employee Fitness Center. The first 100 entrants will also receive a free “Be Fit to Be’ne’fit” t-shirt. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center will work actively throughout the year to create a favorable work environment for healthy eating and exercise by upgrading campus facilities and attempting to incorporate good nutrition and physical fitness into every aspect of life at work (establishing easier points of access to stairs, giving out pedometers to employees, and posting nutrition information in cafeterias). WHEN & WHERE: OPENING CEREMONY Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 4:00 p.m. Milstein Hospital, 177 Fort Washington Avenue POWER WALK Thursday, January 8, 2004, 7:30 a.m. (registration begins at 7 a.m.) NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center Garden Fort Washington Avenue between W.165th and W.168th streets WHO: Employees such as security personnel, administrative assistants, and healthcare workers who aim to lose weight. Medical experts scheduled to speak include: Dr. Marc Bessler, Director, Center for Obesity Surgery, Dr. Richard Deckelbaum, Director, Institute of Human Nutrition, Dr. Henry Ginsberg, Director, Irving Center for Clinical Research, Dr. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, Endocrinologist; and Dr. Robert Kelly, Senior Vice President & Chief Operations Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum, Senior Associate Dean, Columbia University Medical Center.
原因:根据美国国家糖尿病、消化和肾脏疾病研究所的数据，近三分之二的美国人超重，三分之一的美国成年人被官方列为肥胖。与此同时，据估计，到2004年底，将有6400万美国人制定和违背新年决心，其中相当一部分人将在与肥胖的斗争中再输一年。哥伦比亚大学医学中心和纽约长老会医院将通过“从健康到不健康”项目，帮助他们的员工克服减肥的困难，创造一个更健康、更快乐的员工队伍，并为其他机构和雇主在与肥胖的斗争中提供榜样。
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