1 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,100 >>> SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS 2 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:15,800 PROVIDED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR 3 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:17,700 EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC 4 00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:20,900 BROADCASTING AND FROM VIEWERS 5 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:45,900 LIKE YOU. 6 00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:47,100 >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 7 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:49,200 "LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE," I'M 8 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,700 BETH COURTNEY, PRESIDENT OF LPB. 9 00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:58,500 JOINING ME FOR TONIGHT'S 10 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:01,500 DISCUSSION IS DR. RONNY 11 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:01,900 WHITFIELD 12 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:04,300 >> OBESITY IS A CONDITION THAT I 13 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:06,400 SEE MORE AND MORE IN MY 14 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:06,800 PRACTICE. 15 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,300 THE LATEST STATE OF OBESITY 16 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:11,800 REPORT BY "ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON 17 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:12,700 FOUNDATION" RANKS LOUISIANA 18 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:14,900 FIRST FOR ADULT OBESITY. 19 00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:18,600 THAT'S NOT SURPRISING IN A STATE 20 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,900 WHERE EVERY SOCIAL EVENT IS A 21 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:22,600 FOOD EVENT. 22 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,500 >> YOU KNOW, IF LIVING A 23 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:29,500 HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE IS ONE OF 24 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:32,400 YOUR RESOLUTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO 25 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:32,800 HELP. 26 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,900 EVER WONDER WHICH DIET IS 27 00:01:35,900 --> 00:01:38,300 EFFECTIVE AND WHICH WEIGHT-LOSS 28 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:39,800 SURGERIES ARE SAFE? 29 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,600 HOW MUCH EXERICIZE DO YOU NEED? 30 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:47,600 WE BROUGHT TOGETHER DOCTORS, 31 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,700 NUTRITIONISTS AND WEIGHT LOSS 32 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:53,800 SUCCESS STORIES. 33 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,400 >> MY NAME'S DENISHA THOMAS, 34 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,200 SINCE LAST SUMMER, I'VE LOST 35 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,300 ABOUT 12 POUNDS AND I'VE ALSO 36 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:04,100 LOST ABOUT 4% OF MY BODY FAT. 37 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:08,600 >> DENISHA THOMAS IS A SENIOR AT 38 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,500 LSU IN THE KINESIOLOGY PROGRAM. 39 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:16,800 SHE PARTICIPATED IN A STUDY 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:17,600 CALLED "HEALTHY DETOURS." 41 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,800 IT WAS DESIGNED BY DR. VALERIE 42 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:20,200 MYERS. 43 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,700 >> I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE 44 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:25,100 HEAVIEST I HAD EVER BEEN, THAT 45 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:26,400 CAME WITH BACK PROBLEMS. 46 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,900 IT CAME WITH PROBLEMS WITH 47 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:30,600 SELF-ESTEEM, PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY 48 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,400 WERE NOTICING. 49 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,400 >> THROUGH AN APP ON HER PHONE, 50 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,900 THOMAS WAS PROMPTED TO EAT 51 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:40,100 HEALTHIER, SLEEP BETTER AND GET 52 00:02:40,100 --> 00:02:41,300 MORE EXERCISE. 53 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:44,400 >> THE APP WAS CENTERED AROUND 54 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,900 THE RESTAURANTS IN AND AROUND 55 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:47,700 THE CAMPUS. 56 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:51,500 IT SHOWED IF THE RESTAURANT HAD 57 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:53,200 LOW-FAT OPTIONS OR A GREAT 58 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,200 AMOUNT OF FIBER OR A NICE AMOUNT 59 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:56,700 OF VEGETABLES. 60 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:59,600 >> SHE ALSO LEARNED TO PRE-PLAN 61 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:00,300 HER MEALS. 62 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:02,900 >> BEFORE THE STUDY, IF THERE 63 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:06,400 WAS A CRAMP IN MY STUDY, THE 64 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,400 RESOURCES ON THE PHONE MADE IT 65 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,400 REALLY EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 66 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,500 TYPE OF WORKING OUT IF YOU WERE 67 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:13,800 DOING. 68 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,600 IF I JOG AROUND THE LAKE, I ONLY 69 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,400 NEED TO DO THAT FOR 15 MINUTES. 70 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,500 >> KATE BLUMBERG IS A RESEARCH 71 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:24,500 DIETICIAN AT PENNINGTON AND SAYS 72 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:27,500 THIS IS KEY TO MAKING A DIET 73 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:28,900 SUSTAINABLE AND NOT JUST A 74 00:03:28,900 --> 00:03:29,900 SHORT-TERM SOLUTION. 75 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:31,800 >> THE BIGGEST PROBLEM PEOPLE 76 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,300 MAKE WHEN THEY ARE PLANNING A 77 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:35,300 DIET IS THEY DON'T HAVE A 78 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:36,100 MAINTENANCE PLAN. 79 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:37,500 WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO AFTER 80 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:38,400 THEY LOSE THE WEIGHT? 81 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,100 >> THERE ARE MANY DIETS TO 82 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:41,600 CHOOSE FROM. 83 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,100 >> ALMOST ANY DIET CAN WORK, IF 84 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:47,400 IT IS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF 85 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:48,100 CALORIES THAT PEOPLE ARE 86 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:49,400 CONSUMING. 87 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,900 YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE EATING 88 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:55,100 WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO BEGIN 89 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:57,900 WITH AND YOU ARE REDUCING, YOU 90 00:03:57,900 --> 00:04:00,400 ARE REDUCING CALORIES. 91 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,500 >> THE PREMISE OF LOW-CARB DIET 92 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:05,900 IS IF YOU FOCUS MORE ON EATING 93 00:04:05,900 --> 00:04:08,600 PROTEINS AND FATS AND 94 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,600 CARBOHYDRATES, YOUR BODY HAS TO 95 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,700 USE YOUR FAT TO BURN ENERGY. 96 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:15,600 >> IF TOO FEW CARBS ARE TAKEN 97 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:24,300 IN, THE BODY CAN GO INTO 98 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:24,700 KETOSIS. 99 00:04:24,700 --> 00:04:28,800 >> CARBS ARE NOT THE ENEMY. 100 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,800 >> THEY SEEM TO BE THE ENEMY, 101 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,400 BUT I THINK IT'S MORE THE 102 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:35,800 QUALITY OF THE CARBS THAT YOU 103 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:36,700 ARE HAVING. 104 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:39,200 SO, YOU KNOW PROCESSED FOODS, 105 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,300 CHIPS, YOU KNOW, A LOT FOODS 106 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:44,500 WITH SUGAR IN THEM, WE DON'T 107 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:45,500 NEED THOSE. 108 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:47,200 BUT OUR BODY DOES NEED FRUITS 109 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:48,300 AND VEGETABLES. 110 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:50,500 >> THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO 111 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:58,100 MEAL REPLACEMENT DIETS LIKE SLIM 112 00:04:58,500 --> 00:05:02,500 -- SLIMFASTFAST OR NUTRISYSTEM. 113 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:04,400 >> THE PROBLEM WITH MEAL 114 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,100 REPLACEMENTS IS THAT THERE'S NO 115 00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:07,700 PLAN FOR AFTERWARDS. 116 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:10,400 IT DOESN'T TEACH PEOPLE 117 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:10,800 ANYTHING. 118 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,200 IT DOESN'T TEACH THEM PORTION 119 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,700 SIZES OR WHICH FOOD GROUPS ARE 120 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:18,100 HEALTHY. 121 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:20,700 >> STUDIES OFTEN INCLUDE 122 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:23,300 EDUCATION THAT TEACH 123 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:29,900 PARTICIPANTS VALUABLE LESSONS. 124 00:05:29,900 --> 00:05:31,800 BLUMBERG PROMOTES THE "DASH." 125 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,300 >> IT IS THE DIETARY APPROACH TO 126 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:33,800 STOP HYPERTENSION. 127 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,300 SO, IT BASICALLY WAS DESIGNED TO 128 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:39,300 TRY TO SEE IF THEY COULD REDUCE 129 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:42,500 PEOPLE'S BLOOD PRESSURES. 130 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:46,600 THEY FOUND THAT IT NOT ONLY 131 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,100 REDUCED THE BLOOD PRESSURE, BUT 132 00:05:48,100 --> 00:05:51,700 HEART RISK AND DIABETES AND ALSO 133 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:53,600 HELPED PEOPLE WITH WEIGHT LOSS. 134 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,900 >> IT REQUIRES DECREASED SODIUM 135 00:05:56,900 --> 00:05:59,800 AND SATURATED FATS, ALONG WITH 136 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:00,900 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 137 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:03,400 IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO START A 138 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,600 DIET, CONSULT A DIETICIAN FOR 139 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,100 OFFICIAL ADVICE. 140 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:08,700 >> I TRUTHFULLY BELIEVE IT IS 141 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:11,800 NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL. 142 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,100 SOMEONE WHO LIKES TO COOK, THEY 143 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:17,900 ARE GOING TO DO TERRIBLE AT A 144 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:18,800 REPLACEMENT-MEAL DIET WHERE THEY 145 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,100 HAVE TO EAT THE SAME THINGS OVER 146 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:24,600 AND OVER AND THEY DON'T PREPARE 147 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:25,500 THEM THEIRSELVES. 148 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:27,100 >> IN LOUISIANA, ONE IN FIVE 149 00:06:27,100 --> 00:06:29,700 RESIDENTS LIVE IN POVERTY, SO 150 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:32,900 IT'S NOT EASY FOR THOSE OF LOW 151 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:35,500 SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS TO GET 152 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:36,100 ACCESS. 153 00:06:36,100 --> 00:06:37,300 MONICA McDANIELS IS CLINICAL 154 00:06:37,300 --> 00:06:39,100 SERVICES MANAGER OF THE STATE'S 155 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:40,200 WIC PROGRAM. 156 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:44,500 >> IN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE HIGH 157 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:54,500 INCIDENTS OF TO DESERT DESERTS, 158 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:56,200 TRANSPORTATION TO THE GROCERY 159 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,600 STORE MAY BE ONE OF THE 160 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,400 CHALLENGES THAT OUR PARTICIPANTS 161 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:02,700 PLAN. 162 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:04,800 >> THE WIC PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, 163 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,600 INFANTS AND CHILDREN, HELPS 164 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,500 MOTHER CHOOSE HEALTHY FOODS. 165 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:16,900 >> THE WIC PROGRAM TARGETS IRON 166 00:07:16,900 --> 00:07:24,600 NUTRIENTS, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN B, 167 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:25,900 VITAMIN D. 168 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:27,500 WE HAVE FOOD PRESCRIPTIONS AND 169 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:30,200 THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN FOODS THE 170 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,100 PARTICIPANT WILL BE ABLE TO 171 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:32,400 PURCHASE. 172 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:33,700 >> LOSING WEIGHT IS ABOUT 173 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:36,300 LEARNING TO MAKE HEALTHY 174 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:36,700 CHOICES. 175 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:38,900 >> IT IS A LIFESTYLE CHANGE. 176 00:07:38,900 --> 00:07:42,300 YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE 177 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:42,600 CHANGES. 178 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:48,500 >> JOINING US IS OUR STUDIO 179 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:48,900 AUDIENCES. 180 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:50,600 IT INCLUDES DIFFERENT 181 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,400 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT DIFFERENT 182 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,100 POINTS OF THEIR HEALTHY 183 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:56,400 LIFESTYLE JOURNEY. 184 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,100 WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM. 185 00:07:58,100 --> 00:08:00,100 WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM FOLKS WHO 186 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:08,500 HELPED UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS 187 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:10,700 EAT HEALTHIER. 188 00:08:10,700 --> 00:08:13,900 AMONG 125 RESPONDENTS FROM A 189 00:08:13,900 --> 00:08:16,500 SURVEY, OF THOSE, 71% CONSIDERED 190 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:18,100 THEMSELVES OVERWITHE. 191 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:21,600 28%, A NORMAL WEIGHT. 192 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:29,700 AND LESS THAN 1%, UNDERWEIGHT. 193 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:33,400 AND 15% IN THE EXTREMELY OBESE 194 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:33,800 CATEGORY. 195 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,600 17% COME UNDER THE NORMAL 196 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:35,100 CATEGORY. 197 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:40,200 WHEN IT COMES TO CARBOHYDRATES, 198 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,400 24% EAT FOUR OR MORE SERVINGS A 199 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:45,700 DAY. 200 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:49,300 33% EAT TWO SERVINGS A DAY AND 201 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:51,600 ONLY 9% EAT ONE SERVING OF 202 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:52,100 CARBS. 203 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:55,400 FOR VEGETABLES, FOUR OR MORE 204 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:56,400 TIMES A DAY. 205 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:01,400 MOST RESPONDENTS, ABOUT 34%, EAT 206 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,400 SERVINGS A DAY WHILE 6% DON'T 207 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:10,700 EAT ANY VEGABLES AT ALL. 208 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:13,500 42% HAVEN'T TRIED A DIET. 209 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:18,900 THE MOST POPULAR DIET IS WEIGHT 210 00:09:18,900 --> 00:09:19,200 WATCHERS. 211 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,100 SOME RESPONDANTS HAVE TRIED 212 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:23,300 MULTIPLE DIETS. 213 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:25,400 SO, LET'S START HERE, GUYS. 214 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,800 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO GET IN 215 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,200 SHAPE? 216 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,400 WE'LL START WITH MONICA. 217 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,300 >> ABSOLUTELY. 218 00:09:32,300 --> 00:09:36,100 MY MOTIVATING FACTOR WAS NOT 219 00:09:36,100 --> 00:09:37,500 WORKING SO MUCH. 220 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:40,800 I CHOSE THE FIELD OF NUTRITION 221 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,800 TO KEEP ME ACCOUNTABLE, QUITE 222 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:45,200 HONESTLY. 223 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,300 WHEN LIFE HAPPENS, CHILD-BEARING 224 00:09:49,300 --> 00:09:51,100 YEARS START, YOU SEE THE 225 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:54,800 FRESHMAN 15 AND I THINK YOU SEE 226 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:56,100 THE MARRIED 20. 227 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:56,500 [LAUGHTER] 228 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:59,700 SO, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, 229 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:00,700 ONCE THE CHILDREN WERE 230 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:02,900 INDEPENDENT ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, 231 00:10:02,900 --> 00:10:05,600 COMPLETE THEIR OWN HOMEWORK, 232 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,200 HAVING A SUPPORTIVE HUSBAND, I 233 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,200 WAS ABLE, AFTER SEVERAL YEARS 234 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,400 OF, YOU KNOW, BEING A NURTURING 235 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,300 MOTHER AND WIFE, TO REDIRECT AND 236 00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:18,700 RECHANNEL MY ENERGY BACK TO 237 00:10:18,700 --> 00:10:19,100 EXERCISE. 238 00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:22,700 AND THAT IS WHERE MY JOURNEY WAS 239 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:25,100 INCREASING MY PHYSICAL EXERICIZE 240 00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:26,300 BEGAN. 241 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:30,000 >> VERY GOOD POINT. 242 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,200 WE'RE FEMALE-DOMINATED ON THIS 243 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:33,600 PANEL. 244 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,200 >> FIRST OF ALL, I GIVE A LOT OF 245 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,000 CREDIT TO THE PEOPLE AT 246 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,200 PENNINGTON BECAUSE THEY HAVE 247 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,100 EDUCATED ME OVER THE YEARS. 248 00:10:40,100 --> 00:10:44,900 I'VE BEEN ON A NUMBER OF THEIR 249 00:10:44,900 --> 00:10:45,500 STUDIES. 250 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:47,600 PROBABLY THE MOST BENEFICIAL TO 251 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,100 ME HAS BEEN E-MECHANIC, WHICH IS 252 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:51,600 EXERCISE. 253 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,700 THAT HELPED ME TO DEVELOP A 254 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:56,400 ROUTINE FOR WORKING OUT AND EVEN 255 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,300 TODAY, A COUPLE YEARS AFTER I 256 00:10:59,300 --> 00:11:01,500 FINISHED THAT STUDY, I AM STILL 257 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:04,400 WORKING OUT IN THE GYM THREE TO 258 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,100 FOUR TIMES A WEEK. 259 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:10,400 I'M A LIFETIME WEIGHT WATCHER. 260 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:11,900 THE STRUGGLE IS STILL BEFORE ME. 261 00:11:11,900 --> 00:11:15,600 >> IT WAS A LIFESTYLE CHANGE FOR 262 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:15,900 YOU? 263 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:16,200 >> YES. 264 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,200 >> LINDSAY, YOU WERE A LITTLE 265 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:19,800 MORE STRATEGIC OR SURGICAL, 266 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:20,700 MIGHT I SAY? 267 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:23,400 HOW ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT LOSS 268 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:23,800 JOURNEY? 269 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:25,700 >> WELL, BEING A NEW MOTHER AND 270 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:27,700 GAINING WEIGHT, OF COURSE, I GOT 271 00:11:27,700 --> 00:11:30,300 TO MY UNCOMFORTABLE WEIGHT AND I 272 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:34,300 WASN'T -- I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, 273 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:35,700 CONFIDENT, ANYMORE. 274 00:11:35,700 --> 00:11:37,900 I TRIED SEVERAL DIETS AND THEY 275 00:11:37,900 --> 00:11:40,200 JUST DIDN'T AGREE WITH ME. 276 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,300 I DON'T KNOW IF I JUST DIDN'T 277 00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:47,700 STAY WITH THE PLAN,ESPECIALLY 278 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:49,600 WITH MY HUSBAND'S GOOD COOKING. 279 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,900 I WENT TO THE CLINIC AND THEY 280 00:11:51,900 --> 00:11:53,100 HAVE VERY GOOD SUCCESS WITH IT. 281 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:54,700 I WENT. 282 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:56,700 I HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH IT. 283 00:11:56,700 --> 00:11:59,200 THE POUNDS STARTED DROPPING OFF 284 00:11:59,200 --> 00:11:59,600 IMMEDIATELY. 285 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,800 THEY HELPED ME WITH THE DIET 286 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:03,800 PLAN. 287 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:11,400 THE GROCERY LIST AND EVERYTHING 288 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,200 I NEEDED TO DO. 289 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,100 >> WHAT ARE BARRIERS TO WEIGHT 290 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:15,300 LOSS. 291 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:17,100 I HEAR TIME IS THE BIGGEST 292 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:17,500 BARRIERS. 293 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:19,400 WHAT BARRIERS MIGHT SOME FOLKS 294 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:19,700 FACE? 295 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:21,900 >> FOOD, NUMBER ONE. 296 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:22,300 [LAUGHTER] 297 00:12:22,300 --> 00:12:23,200 >> LOUISIANA 298 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:23,600 [LAUGHTER] 299 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,800 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 300 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:31,100 BUT, I HAD LOST ABOUT 25 POUNDS 301 00:12:31,100 --> 00:12:31,500 MYSELF. 302 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:33,200 I HAVE A HARD TIME. 303 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,600 I ADMIRE AND RESPECT SO MANY OF 304 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,100 THESE FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, 305 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:41,700 COUNT CALORIES AND CARBS AND I 306 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:44,400 JUST -- TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, 307 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,700 I'M -- THAT'S KIND OF A BARRIER 308 00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:49,200 TO ME. 309 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,100 I'M ABLE TO -- TO CONTROL MY 310 00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:52,400 DIET. 311 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,400 JUST BY CUTTING DOWN ON THE 312 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,300 AMOUNT OF FOOD THAT I EAT AND 313 00:12:57,300 --> 00:12:58,300 LESS ALCOHOL. 314 00:12:58,300 --> 00:13:00,400 YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF A PARTY 315 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:01,100 STATE, I GUESS. 316 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:03,300 >> THOSE EMPTY CALORIES. 317 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:05,100 >> WONDERFUL WAY OF LIFE HERE, 318 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:06,700 BUT I CAN CUT DOWN ON CALORIES 319 00:13:06,700 --> 00:13:09,800 BY DOING THAT. 320 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,100 MY FAMILY'S PRETTY SUPPORTIVE. 321 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:12,100 WE DON'T EAT A LOT OF PROCESSED 322 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:13,300 FOODS. 323 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:19,500 BUT, ANYWAY, I THINK THOSE 324 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:21,300 ALCOHOL/FOOD, THOSE THINGS WERE 325 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:21,700 BARRIERS 326 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:24,100 >> YOU HEAR THAT MORE CALORIES 327 00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:28,500 IN AND LESS CALORIES OUT. 328 00:13:28,500 --> 00:13:29,900 I HAVE SOME NURSES IN THE 329 00:13:29,900 --> 00:13:31,600 BUILDING AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT 330 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,100 EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE ARE 331 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:35,900 BATTLING WITH THESE PATIENTS 332 00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:36,300 CONSTANTLY. 333 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:37,800 WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MOTIVATION 334 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,900 WOULD BE FOR THE PATIENT? 335 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:41,100 >> WELL, I ACTUALLY STARTED MY 336 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:44,100 JOURNEY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS 337 00:13:44,100 --> 00:13:45,700 LISTENING TO YOU TELL PATIENTS 338 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:50,300 SAY, HEY, LOOK, YOU CAN DO THIS, 339 00:13:50,300 --> 00:13:55,700 THAT, INCREASE YOURACTIVITY. 340 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:57,100 ONE DAY I WENT HOME AND SAID, I 341 00:13:57,100 --> 00:13:59,200 CAN LISTEN TO WHAT THE DOCTOR 342 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:00,500 SAID AND DO THE SAME THING AND 343 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:01,800 IT STARTED TO COME OFF AND 344 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,400 PATIENTS STARTED TO NOTICE. 345 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,400 I DIDN'T NOTICE, BUT PATIENTS 346 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:06,100 STARTED TO NOTICE. 347 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:08,400 I WALKED INTO THE OFFICE ONE DAY 348 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,300 AND I GOT ON THE SCALE AND THOSE 349 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:14,400 SIMPLE THINGS OF SAYING, HEY, 350 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,300 LOOK, YOU CAN DO IT. 351 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:18,400 SO, THAT WAS MY -- 352 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,600 >> ATTITUDE, YEAH. 353 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,600 A LOT OF TIMES -- BEING SOMEONE 354 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:29,200 WHO WENT THROUGH A PERSONAL 355 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,600 COACH AND LOST THOSE POUNDS, 356 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,700 SOME PATIENTS DON'T GET THAT. 357 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:39,600 THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT DON'T 358 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,800 HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS. 359 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,600 >> I THINK MAINLY THE FACT THAT 360 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,400 I AM WITH THE RED STICK FARMERS 361 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,100 MARKET AND WE PROVIDE IT IN 362 00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:52,100 NORTH AND SOUTH BATON ROUGE 363 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:52,500 AREAS. 364 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:54,800 THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN MOSTLY 365 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,200 CHALLENGING ARE THE ONES IN THE 366 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,300 FOOD DESERT AREAS. 367 00:14:58,300 --> 00:15:00,300 I THINK EDUCATION IS KEY TO 368 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:03,300 GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT 369 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:06,400 THE -- FOOD TRAVELS LESS MILES, 370 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,100 IT'S MORE NUTRITIOUS THAN IF 371 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:12,500 IT'S COMING FROM OTHER 372 00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:12,900 COUNTRIES. 373 00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:16,100 ACCESS HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR MAJOR 374 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:17,900 ISSUES IN THE NORTH BATON ROUGE 375 00:15:17,900 --> 00:15:19,600 AND THE SOUTH BATON ROUGE 376 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:20,300 COMMUNITIES. 377 00:15:20,300 --> 00:15:22,800 WITH THE MAYOR'S HEALTHY CITY 378 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,200 INITIATIVE, THERE WERE QUITE A 379 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,600 FEW PROGRAMS THAT CAME OUT WITH 380 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:33,100 THAT AND THERE WAS BRAC ON THE 381 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:35,600 GO AND THE MOBILE FARMERS MARKET 382 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,600 AND FOOD PANTRY SO WE COULD 383 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,800 PROVIDE FOOD IN THE LOW-INCOME 384 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:41,100 AREAS. 385 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:43,400 THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT THINGS 386 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,900 PUT INTO PLACE. 387 00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:47,100 THE COMMUNITY BUY-IN IS THE MOST 388 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:47,100 IMPORTANT THING. 389 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:50,700 ONCE THEY ADOPT THAT IDEA OF, 390 00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:52,100 HEY, WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR DIET 391 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:54,400 AND THINK ABOUT THEIR FAMILY 392 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,800 MEMBERS WHO SUFFER FROM DIABETES 393 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,200 AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, THAT'S 394 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,600 HOW WE TACKLE THAT SITUATION. 395 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:06,100 >> HAS ANYBODY USED ANYTHING 396 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:06,400 UNIQUE? 397 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:11,300 A FITBIT CALCULATOR, A TRAINER? 398 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:12,600 BY SHOW OF HANDS. 399 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,900 NOT AS MANY AS I THOUGHT. 400 00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:20,200 WHAT APPROACH DID YOU USE TO 401 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:20,700 LOSE WEIGHT. 402 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:22,100 >> I HAVE A GASTRIC SLEEVE. 403 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:25,100 WHAT PROMPTED ME TO HAVE THE 404 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:26,100 SURGERY IS I HAVE AN 11-YEAR-OLD 405 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:28,800 AND A 17-YEAR-OLD AND I'VE 406 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,100 WATCHED MY MOTHER DIE FROM 407 00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:33,400 DIABETES AT THE AGE OF 62 AND IT 408 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:34,200 WAS VERY DIFFICULT. 409 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,100 AND I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT TO 410 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:37,200 MY KIDS. 411 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,500 SO, I DECIDED, AFTER BEING 412 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,700 DIAGNOSED WITH INSULIN 413 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:44,300 RESISTANCE AND ALSO BEING 414 00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:46,600 DIAGNOSED WITH OTHER HEALTH 415 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,100 ISSUES, I ENDED UP BEING 40BMI, 416 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:53,200 I DECIDED I HAD TO DO SOMETHING. 417 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,500 ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE 418 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:57,400 LIKE, YOU LOOK GREAT. 419 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,200 YOU LOOK GREAT. 420 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,100 I GUESS THE WAY I CARRIED MY 421 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:06,100 WEIGHT, IT WAS 422 00:17:06,100 --> 00:17:06,700 EVENINGLY-DISTRIBUTED. 423 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:09,700 I WAS BREATHING VERY HARD, I WAS 424 00:17:09,700 --> 00:17:10,800 VERY WHEEZY. 425 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,300 I COULDN'T DO PHYSICAL EXERCISE 426 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:17,200 LIKE I USED TO AND I'D ALWAYS 427 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:18,700 BEEN A GYM RAT. 428 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:20,900 I WAS ON DANCE TEAM FOR 18 429 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:25,900 YEARS, I WAS A CHEERLEADER 430 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:27,100 GROWING UP. 431 00:17:27,100 --> 00:17:30,300 ONCE I STARTED HAVING KIDS, THE 432 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:32,100 CHILD-BEARING AND YOU GET 433 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:33,400 COMPLACENT. 434 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:33,700 >> LIFE. 435 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:34,300 >> YEAH, LIFE. 436 00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:38,100 SO, I DECIDED TO DO THIS. 437 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:41,400 I'VE LOST OVER 60 POUNDS IN JUST 438 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,900 A FEW MONTHS AND I HIGHLY 439 00:17:44,900 --> 00:17:46,300 RECOMMEND IT IF INDIVIDUALS CAN 440 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:49,900 DO IT AND OTHER OPTIONS DON'T 441 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:50,300 WORK. 442 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:52,400 >> WHEN WE ADDRESS OBESITY, WE 443 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,100 CAN INCREASE OUR LIFESPAN BY 444 00:17:55,100 --> 00:17:56,700 REDUCING OUR RISK FOR DIABETES 445 00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:58,200 AND HEART DISEASE SO IT'S 446 00:17:58,200 --> 00:17:59,800 IMPORTANT THAT WE USE NATURAL 447 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:00,800 APPROACHES AS WELL. 448 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,400 SOMETIMES THE PROCEDURES ARE 449 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:02,800 NECESSARY. 450 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,400 THAT'S KIND OF ALL THE TIME WE 451 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,800 HAVE FOR THAT SECTION. 452 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,500 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 453 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:09,800 WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL BE JOINED 454 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,400 BY OUR PANEL TO FURTHER-EXPLORE 455 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,200 HOW TO HAVE A HEALTHY NEW YEAR. 456 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:15,800 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 457 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,300 >>> WELCOME BACK TO "LOUISIANA 458 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:28,900 PUBLIC SQUARE." 459 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:30,300 TONIGHT, WE'RE DISCUSSING HOW WE 460 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:32,500 CAN LIVE HEALTHIER IN THE NEW 461 00:18:32,500 --> 00:18:33,200 YEAR. 462 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,900 JOINING US NOW IS OUR PANEL OF 463 00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:39,600 EXPERTS. 464 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:44,800 DR. DRAKE BELLANGER IS A 465 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:45,300 SURGEON. 466 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:49,100 HE HAS PERFORMED GASTRIC BYPASS 467 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:51,900 AND GASTRIC BANDING. 468 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:56,400 CATHERINE CHAMPAGNE IS AT THE 469 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:57,300 PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 470 00:18:57,300 --> 00:18:58,100 CENTER. 471 00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:09,100 SHE DEVELOPED THE "DASH" DIET. 472 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:12,900 RUDY MACKLIN HAS SERVED AS AN 473 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:15,600 ADVISOR ON HEALTH POLICY ISSUE 474 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,500 WITH UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS. 475 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:20,100 STEPHANIE M. ELWOOD IS AN 476 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:21,700 EXTENSION ASSOCIATE WITH THE 477 00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:24,100 COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND GARDEN 478 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:27,500 PROGRAMS AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 479 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:29,100 AG CENTER. 480 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:32,400 SHE WORKS TO ERADICATE FOOD 481 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:32,900 DESERTS. 482 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:35,200 I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU EACH, 483 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,200 BRIEFLY, IF YOU CAN GIVE 484 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:43,900 LOUISIANA A GRADE ON THE HEALTH? 485 00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:46,200 >> C+. 486 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,800 >> A C MINUS. 487 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,300 >> AN F. 488 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:53,200 >> I WOULD GIVE US A C, BECAUSE 489 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,100 WE HAVE LOTS OF POTENTIAL TO 490 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:57,500 GROW FOOD. 491 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:02,300 >> I'D PROBABLY GIVE US A D-D+. 492 00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:05,300 THAT'S DEALING WITH THE OBESITY 493 00:20:05,300 --> 00:20:08,400 EPIDEMIC WE HAVE IN THE STATE. 494 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,400 I WANT TO GO TO THE AUDIENCE. 495 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,700 YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE 496 00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:15,900 RESOURCES. 497 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:17,200 COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU 498 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:17,900 WERE ASKING? 499 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:25,600 >> WELL, I WORK WITH LSU AG 500 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,700 CENTER IN THE SAINT HULENA 501 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:29,300 PARISH. 502 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:30,500 SOMETIMES WE SEE THERE ARE NOT 503 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:32,800 ENOUGH RESOURCES, NOT 504 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,500 NECESSARILY A FOOD DESERT, BUT 505 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:36,500 THERE'S LACK OF ACCESS TO 506 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:38,000 DIFFERENT FRESH FOODS, FRUITS 507 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 AND VEGETABLES FOR THE COMMUNITY 508 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,100 THERE. 509 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:42,700 SO, JUST WONDERING WHAT TYPE OF 510 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:45,700 RESOURCES ARE OFFERED BY THE 511 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:46,700 GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVE 512 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:48,500 SPECIFICALLY WITH NUTRITION AND 513 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:49,400 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 514 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,600 >> ANYONE ON THE PANEL LIKE TO 515 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:53,600 TAKE THAT QUESTION? 516 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,000 >> I GUESS IT WAS DIRECTED 517 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:55,600 TOWARD ME. 518 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:56,100 [LAUGHTER] 519 00:20:56,100 --> 00:20:59,100 WITH THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL OF 520 00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:04,500 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS, WE 521 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:07,300 FOCUS ON OBESITY. 522 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:11,500 IT CROSSWALKS WITH A LOT OF 523 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:14,600 OTHER THINGS, DIABETES, HIGH 524 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:15,300 BLOOD PRESSURE. 525 00:21:15,300 --> 00:21:17,400 IF YOU GET A HANDLE ON OBESITY, 526 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,300 YOU REDUCE THE OTHER DISEASE AND 527 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:21,700 SICKNESSES AROUND THE STATE. 528 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:24,200 NOW, I TRAVELED THE ENTIRE STATE 529 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,400 AND THE THING THAT REALLY GIVES 530 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,600 ME GREAT CAUTION IS THE 531 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:30,100 CHILDREN. 532 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:33,900 WHEN I SEE CHILDREN AT 10, 11 533 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:36,700 YEARS OLD WITH HIGH PRESSURE. 534 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:37,800 UPCOMING WITH OUR YOUTH, COMING 535 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,700 TO BE ADULTS, THEY'RE GOING TO 536 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:41,400 BE SICK WHEN THEY BECOME ADULTS 537 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:47,600 SO THAT REALLY MAKES ME REALLY 538 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,500 CONCENTRATED TO PUT A 539 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:53,700 MICROSCOPIC VIEW ON THE RURAL 540 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:54,100 AREAS. 541 00:21:54,100 --> 00:21:55,200 >> COULD YOU ASK DR. BELLANGER 542 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:55,100 YOUR QUESTION? 543 00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:58,100 >> AS AN HR PROFESSIONALS, I'M 544 00:21:58,100 --> 00:21:59,600 LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO 545 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,200 ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE GOOD WORK. 546 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,800 WHAT, IF ANY PROGRAMS, DOES THE 547 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,100 STATE OFFER THAT MIGHT GIVE 548 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:12,900 BUSINESSES AN INCENTIVE, A TAX 549 00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:15,100 INCENTIVE, TO OFFER MORE 550 00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:16,900 WORK/LIFE BALANCE PROGRAMS IN 551 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:19,100 THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS? 552 00:22:19,100 --> 00:22:22,400 >> MAYBE THAT WAS FOR RUDEY? 553 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,600 >> WE HAVE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS 554 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:26,200 PROGRAMS. 555 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,400 SOMETIMES WITH YOU'RE EMPLOYER, 556 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,700 IF YOUR INVOLVED IN A PROGRAM, 557 00:22:31,700 --> 00:22:33,900 THEY'LL GIVE YOU A BREAK ON YOUR 558 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:34,300 INSURANCE. 559 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:36,700 WE HAVE OWN YOUR OWN HEALTH. 560 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:38,600 YOU CAN YOU TRACK IT ONLINE, AS 561 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,100 WELL AS WE HAVE CITY VERSUS CITY 562 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:43,300 CHALLENGES GOING ON. 563 00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:48,700 LIKE, WE HAVE MONROE VERSUS 564 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:49,700 ALEXANDRIA. 565 00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:58,100 AND WE'RE WORKING ON NEW ORLEANS 566 00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:06,300 VERSES SHREVEPORT. 567 00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:10,100 WHEN YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE 568 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:11,400 WELLNESS PROGRAM IN YOUR 569 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,300 WORKPLACE, YOU HAVE BETTER 570 00:23:13,300 --> 00:23:14,900 EMPLOYEES AND PROFITABLE 571 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:15,700 EMPLOYEES. 572 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:18,100 A LOT OF COMPANIES ARE GOING TO 573 00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:19,300 THAT PARTICULAR THING WHEN IT 574 00:23:19,300 --> 00:23:20,800 COMES TO EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AND 575 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,200 WE DO IT AT THE LOUISIANA 576 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,700 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS WELL. 577 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:25,300 YOU CAN CALL MY OFFICE AND I'LL 578 00:23:25,300 --> 00:23:26,900 HELP YOU GET STARTED. 579 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:27,300 [LAUGHTER] 580 00:23:27,300 --> 00:23:29,100 >> STEPHANIE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR 581 00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:32,200 WITH THE RESOURCES, AS WELL. 582 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,600 WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE 583 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:35,100 AVAILABLE? 584 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:38,500 >> I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE 585 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:42,300 PROGRAMMING WE DO AT THE AG 586 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:42,700 CENTER. 587 00:23:42,700 --> 00:23:46,300 WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT GRANTS. 588 00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:48,700 ONE WAS SCHOOL GARDENS. 589 00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:52,200 TEACHING HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS, 590 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,700 HAVING GARDENS ON CAMPUS AND 591 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,100 TEACHING THE CONCEPT OF HOW TO 592 00:23:58,100 --> 00:23:58,400 GROW. 593 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,300 WE'VE WORKED WITH INCARCERATED 594 00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:04,300 AND ADJUDICATED YOUTH, ALSO 595 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:05,900 LANDSCAPING AND OTHER 596 00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:06,400 OPPORTUNITIES. 597 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,800 AND WE'RE ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE 598 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,300 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES GRANT IN 599 00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:14,300 SEVERAL PARISHES. 600 00:24:14,300 --> 00:24:18,300 AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOCUSES 601 00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:20,600 ON THE FOOD DESERT NEIGHBORHOODS 602 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,500 AND MAKING MORE FRESH PRODUCE 603 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:27,800 AVAILABLE THROUGH GARDENING 604 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:28,200 EFFORTS. 605 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,200 >> DR. CHAMPAGNE, YOU'VE DONE A 606 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,300 LOT OF RESEARCH. 607 00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:33,200 WERE THERE PROGRAMMING OR THINGS 608 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,700 THAT YOU IN COUNTERED THAT MAY 609 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:37,500 BE RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE 610 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:38,300 HELPFUL, AS WELL? 611 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:40,300 >> MOSTLY, WE'VE DONE DIET 612 00:24:40,300 --> 00:24:42,200 STUDIES, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT 613 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,400 TYPES OF DIETS. 614 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,600 COMPARING DIETS, COMPARING 615 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:49,100 STRATEGIES. 616 00:24:49,100 --> 00:24:52,100 WE DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE CAN LOSE 617 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:52,300 WEIGHT. 618 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:55,400 THE PROBLEM IS, MAINTAINING THE 619 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,100 WEIGHT-LOSS. 620 00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:58,600 SO, ANY STRATEGY THAT YOU CAN 621 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,800 USE, THE ONE THAT I THINK IS THE 622 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,800 MOST EFFECTIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO 623 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,100 DON'T WANT TO HAVE SURGERY, IS 624 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:08,100 TO RECORD THE FOOD THAT YOU EAT 625 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:11,100 BECAUSE -- AND, I WILL TELL YOU 626 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:14,200 BASED ON OUR PARTICIPANTS IN THE 627 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,600 PAST, IT IS THE MOST HATED 628 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,400 STRATEGY, BUT THE MOST EFFECTIVE 629 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:19,800 STRATEGY. 630 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,800 IT CREATES AWARENESS OF WHAT YOU 631 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,200 ARE PUTTING IN YOUR MOUTH. 632 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,900 I THINK THE CONCEPT, THEN, IS 633 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:28,600 THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN -- KNOW 634 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,700 HOW MANY CALORIES IS PHYSICALLY 635 00:25:30,700 --> 00:25:31,800 IN THERE. 636 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,400 WE DID THAT WITH A POUNDS-LOST 637 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,400 STUDY WHERE WE GAVE PARTICIPANTS 638 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,500 MENUS AND THE CONCEPT WAS, 639 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:42,100 FOLLOW THESE MENUS, BUT THE MORE 640 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:44,600 LONG-TERM MESSAGE WAS THAT WHEN 641 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,600 YOU SEE HOW MUCH OF EACH FOOD 642 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,700 GROUP IS ON THE PLATE, THEN YOU 643 00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:53,500 COULD TAKE THAT A STEP FURTHER 644 00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:57,800 AND SUBSTITUTE OTHER FOODS TO 645 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:58,800 MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 646 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:00,700 >> DR. BELLANGER, I DO MY BEST 647 00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:02,100 TO KEEP MY PATIENTS FROM COMING 648 00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:03,200 TO SEE YOU. 649 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,400 BUT I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN 650 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:06,600 THAT. 651 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,100 OBESITY IS TRULY EPIDEMIC. 652 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:11,500 WOULD YOU ELABORATE ON THE 653 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:12,700 PATIENT YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS. 654 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:15,800 THERE ARE MANY CASES NOW THAT 655 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:16,400 YO 656 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,400 YOU'RE HAVING TO DO THE SURGICAL 657 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:18,800 PROCEDURES? 658 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,400 >> I THINK ONE OF THE GREATEST 659 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,100 INDICATIONS AND ONE OF THE BEST 660 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:25,100 INDICATIONS FOR 661 00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:28,100 WEIGHT-LOSSSURGERY IS DIABETES. 662 00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:32,600 WE'RE GETTING A PERSON TO LOSE 663 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,500 WEIGHT, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND 664 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:39,100 SLEEP APNEA GOES AWAY. 665 00:26:39,100 --> 00:26:47,100 THERE'S AN INTRINSIC PROCESS. 666 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:49,800 SOMETHING WITHIN THE SURGERY, AS 667 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,400 WELL, THE OPERATION REVERSES 668 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:56,100 SOME OF THOSE EFFECTS BY THE 669 00:26:56,100 --> 00:26:56,600 CHEMICAL CHANGES. 670 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:01,100 >> REVERSING DIABETES. 671 00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:03,700 I'VE HAD PATIENTS COME OFF OF 672 00:27:03,700 --> 00:27:05,700 ALL OF THEIR MEDICATIONS AFTER 673 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:06,200 SURGERY. 674 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,800 I HAVE ONE OF YOUR PATIENTS 675 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:09,400 HERE. 676 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,600 YOU HAD A QUESTION, AS WELL? 677 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,200 YOU HAD SURGERY BY 678 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:13,900 DR. BELLANGER. 679 00:27:13,900 --> 00:28:19,500 WHAT LED YOU TO THAT AND HOW ARE -- I TO 680 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:21,800 AT THAT MYSELF, MY LIFE AND I 681 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,700 SAID, YOU KNOW, GOD MAY HAVE 682 00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:30,700 CAUSED -- CALLED ONE OF MY 683 00:28:30,700 --> 00:28:32,100 CHILDREN HOME AND I'M NOT GOING 684 00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:35,900 TO LIVE VERY LONG IF I CONTINUE 685 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:37,200 THIS WAY. 686 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,400 HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE FEAR 687 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,700 OF GOING TO THE DOCTOR AND 688 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:46,500 THEY'RE SAYING, CONGRATULATIONS, 689 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:50,400 YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL IN BECOMING A 690 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:50,800 DIABETIC. 691 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,700 I DESERVE IT, I NEED A QUICK 692 00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:54,100 JUMP-START. 693 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:57,500 I MET WITH DR. BELLANGER AND 694 00:28:57,500 --> 00:28:59,600 FROM THERE, I JUST -- I'VE JUST 695 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:00,400 TAKEN OFF. 696 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,300 I'VE DONE IT. 697 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:02,700 I'VE MAINTAINED IT. 698 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:05,100 I'VE CHANGED MY EATING HABITS. 699 00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:08,400 I'VE EVEN LEARNED HOW TO COOK 700 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,900 HEALTHIER FOR MY FAMILY AND -- 701 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:12,100 >> SO, YOU'D RECOMMEND 702 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:14,200 DR. BELLANGER? 703 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:14,600 [LAUGHTER] 704 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,500 >> ABSOLUTELY. 705 00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:16,900 [LAUGHTER] 706 00:29:16,900 --> 00:29:18,700 >> KIND OF GOT THAT FEELING THAT 707 00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:19,800 YOU WOULD. 708 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:20,100 . 709 00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:20,400 [LAUGHTER] 710 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,600 >> HE'S JUST BEEN A -- IT WAS 711 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,600 JUST A GREAT DECISION. 712 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,200 I'M VERY GLAD THAT I MADE THAT 713 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,100 DECISION TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT 714 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:32,300 JUST WASN'T WORKING TO DO THAT 715 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:33,500 ON MY OWN. 716 00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:35,800 I'D LOSE WEIGHT, GAIN IT, LOSE 717 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:36,500 WEIGHT, GAIN IT. 718 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:39,900 IT JUST -- YOU KNOW, I JUST 719 00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:42,800 WASN'T LIVING A HEALTHY LIFE. 720 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:47,600 EXERCISE, 15-20 MILES A WEEK. 721 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,900 I WATCH MY CARBS. 722 00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:51,800 >> DR. BELLANGER, SHE HAD A KEY 723 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:52,100 POINT. 724 00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:53,800 IT'S NOT JUST A SURGERY. 725 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,900 THERE'S LIFE AFTER SURGERY. 726 00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:57,700 WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE YOU 727 00:29:57,700 --> 00:29:58,800 GIVING PATIENTS? 728 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,600 >> WE LIKE TO FOLLOW-UP WITH OUR 729 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,100 PATIENTS FOR THE FIRST YEAR, IN 730 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:05,900 THE WEIGHT-LOSS PHASE RIGHT 731 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,500 AFTER SURGERY AND THEN AN 732 00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:11,500 ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS. 733 00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:13,800 MOST OF THE PROGRAMS HERE AROUND 734 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,800 THE STATE HAVE BEEN ACCREDITED 735 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:21,200 AS CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE TO 736 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:22,300 PERFOURM BARIATRIC SURGERY. 737 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:23,900 ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MUST SHOW 738 00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:25,900 YOU WANT TO DO OR HAVE TO DO IS 739 00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:27,600 FOLLOW THE PATIENTS FOR FIVE 740 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:28,100 YEARS. 741 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:29,600 THAT'S WHEN THEY HIT THE MARK 742 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,900 WHERE YOU KNOW THAT CHANCES ARE 743 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:34,500 THAT WEIGHT LOSS WILL BE 744 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:35,400 MAINTA 745 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:36,600 MAINTAINED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 746 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,700 >> ROBERT, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM 747 00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:39,000 YOU. 748 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:44,300 YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT 749 00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:46,100 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 750 00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:48,700 ROBERT, HOW MANY PEOPLE COOK? 751 00:30:48,700 --> 00:30:53,500 SHOW OF HANDS? 752 00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:53,900 LINDSAY? 753 00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:54,300 [LAUGHTER] 754 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:55,800 SO, MR. ROBERT, WHAT WAS YOUR 755 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,100 QUESTION IN REGARDS TO HEALTHY 756 00:30:58,100 --> 00:30:59,300 EATING? 757 00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:02,400 >> I THINK LIKE RUDY ELUDED TO, 758 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,100 IT HAS TO START AS A YOUNG AGE 759 00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:08,300 WITH EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL 760 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:08,700 PROGRAMS. 761 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:11,200 THE TIMES I WAS GROWING UP, WE 762 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,200 JUST ATE ANYTHING WE WANTED TO. 763 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,100 MY MOTHER WOULD ALWAYS SAY, 764 00:31:15,100 --> 00:31:17,200 YOU'RE EATING TOO MANY STARCHES, 765 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,800 GET OFF THE STARCHES AND I'D 766 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:20,900 SAY, WELL, NO. 767 00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:23,100 I WAS HARD-HEADED AND NOW I'M 768 00:31:23,100 --> 00:31:25,700 PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE I'M 769 00:31:25,700 --> 00:31:26,100 DIABETIC. 770 00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:28,200 WE JUST NEED MORE EDUCATION IN 771 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,200 THE STATE BECAUSE WE ALL LOVE TO 772 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:31,900 EAT. 773 00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:34,500 IT'S JUST A HAPPY, DRINKING, 774 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:37,300 EATING STATE AND SO WE NEED TO 775 00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:39,800 JUST -- WITH A NEW MAYOR AND THE 776 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,600 NEW GOVERNOR, WE NEED TO COME UP 777 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,500 WITH MORE PROGRAMS. 778 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:47,100 PENNINGTON'S BEEN GREAT TO ME. 779 00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:50,200 >> YOU WENT A DIFFERENT ROUTE? 780 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,500 YOU TRIED EXERCISE AND DIET, 781 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:52,800 FIRST. 782 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,400 COULD YOU SHARE YOU STORY? 783 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:57,600 >> YEAH. 784 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:01,700 I -- BACK IN 2010 -- WAS IN AN 785 00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:05,600 ACCIDENT TO WHERE I BROKE MY 786 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:12,500 ANKLE BILATERALLY AND I WAS IN A 787 00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:13,400 WHEELCHAIR. 788 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:20,600 MY WEIGHT WENT TO 360 POUNDS. 789 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:21,700 I TRIED USING PARKS. 790 00:32:21,700 --> 00:32:25,700 I WORK FOR BRAC SO WE HAVE MANY 791 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:26,900 WONDERFUL FACILITIES AND IT 792 00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:29,500 WASN'T WORKING BECAUSE IT WAS A 793 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:31,500 MINDSET THAT I HAD GOTTEN INTO 794 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:34,100 AND UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO CORRECT 795 00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:36,500 MY MINDSET, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET 796 00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:37,900 TO THAT. 797 00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:42,100 THE CATALYST WAS WHEN MY HUSBAND 798 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:42,800 GOT SICK. 799 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,800 HE HAD DIABETES SINCE HE WAS 2 800 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:50,400 AND FOUR YEARS AGO, HE WAS 801 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,200 DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY FAILURE. 802 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,100 THE DOCTOR SAYS, MA'AM, YOU 803 00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:58,100 WON'T BE AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO 804 00:32:58,100 --> 00:32:59,800 TAKE CARE OF YOUR HUSBAND. 805 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:04,100 HE NEEDED A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT. 806 00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:06,800 I DID THE SURGERY. 807 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:08,100 THAT WAS THE ROUTE WE DECIDED TO 808 00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:10,300 GO BECAUSE I NEEDED SOMETHING 809 00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:12,800 THAT WAS -- IT'S NOT A 810 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:18,600 QUICK-FIX, I NEEDED SOMETHING 811 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,600 THAT WAS PERMANENT, MORE 812 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,100 LASTING, SOMETHING I COULD WRAP 813 00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:24,200 MY HEAD AROUND. 814 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,100 MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN 815 00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:29,400 SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT AND HE HAS 816 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:33,400 SINCE GOTTEN HIS PANCREAS AND 817 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,100 KIDNEY TRANSPLANT DUE TO HAVING 818 00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:39,400 WEIGHT-LOSSSURGE SURGERY. 819 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,600 TOGETHER, WE'VE LOST ALMOST 400 820 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,700 POUNDS TOGETHER. 821 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:45,100 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE MORE 822 00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:47,300 ACTIVE TOGETHER NOW. 823 00:33:47,300 --> 00:33:50,300 THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, WE HIKED TO 824 00:33:50,300 --> 00:33:54,600 THE MOUNTAIN AND WITHOUT THAT, 825 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,100 WITHOUT THE EXPERIENCES CHANGING 826 00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:01,100 OUR MINDSET, CHANGING OUR 827 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:02,300 LIFESTYLES, REALIZING WE GOT TO 828 00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:04,100 THOSE PLACES BECAUSE OF THINGS 829 00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:06,300 WE HAVE DONE OR NOT DONE, THAT'S 830 00:34:06,300 --> 00:34:07,400 WHY WE'RE HERE. 831 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,100 THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO BE 832 00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:10,400 HERE. 833 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,700 >> MOTIVATION SEEMS TO BE KEY IN 834 00:34:13,700 --> 00:34:14,400 EVERYONE'S CONVERSATION. 835 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:15,900 DR. CHAMPAGNE, ANY EXPERIENCE 836 00:34:15,900 --> 00:34:17,700 WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT JUST CAN'T 837 00:34:17,700 --> 00:34:19,100 GET MOTIVATED? 838 00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:20,100 CAN'T GET THIS DONE? 839 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:24,400 >> ACTUALLY, WHEN WE DO A 840 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,700 LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION, 841 00:34:27,700 --> 00:34:29,600 MOTIVATION AND RELAPS 842 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,500 PREVENTION, TIME MANAGEMENT, 843 00:34:31,500 --> 00:34:33,800 STRESS MANAGEMENT, ALL OF THOSE 844 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:38,400 CONCEPTS ARE EMBEDDED INTO THE 845 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:38,800 INTERVENTION. 846 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,300 ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS 847 00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:42,700 THAT -- AND I KNOW THIS IS SORT 848 00:34:42,700 --> 00:34:44,100 OF OFF THE SUBJECT, BUT YOU 849 00:34:44,100 --> 00:34:45,100 KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DIETS, 850 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:49,700 ALMOST ANY DIET WILL WORK IF YOU 851 00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:50,500 FOLLOW IT. 852 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:52,600 THERE'S -- YOU CAN LOSE WEIGHT 853 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,500 ON LOW-CARB DIETS, HIGH-CARB 854 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:59,500 DIETS, LOW-FAT DIETS, HIGHER-FAT 855 00:34:59,500 --> 00:34:59,800 DIETS. 856 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,600 THE KEY IS COUNTING CALORIES. 857 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,500 THE UNFORFINATE THING ABOUT SOME 858 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:08,400 OF THE LOW-CARB DIETS IS YOU 859 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,700 RESTRICT FIBER AND THEREFORE YOU 860 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:12,500 MAY BE MORE PRONE TO COLON 861 00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:14,100 CANCER. 862 00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:17,200 SO, THE AMERICAN DIET, 863 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:18,300 UNFORTUNATELY, IS TOO LOW IN 864 00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:21,700 FIBER AND IT NEEDS TO BE MUCH 865 00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:24,100 HIGHER, PROBABLE DOUBLE, WHAT 866 00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:26,300 PEOPLE NORMALLY WOULD CONSUME. 867 00:35:26,300 --> 00:35:28,800 BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, MOTIVATION -- 868 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,200 JUST A CASE IN POINT, WE HAD A 869 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,300 STUDY GOING ON AT PENNINGTON 870 00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:37,900 RIGHT AROUND HURRICANE KATRINA 871 00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:40,200 AND A YEAR AFTER HURRICANE 872 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:41,800 KATRINA, PEOPLE WERE STILL 873 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,100 FINDING EXCUSES NOT TO BE ABLE 874 00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:48,100 TO STICK TO THEIR DIET BECAUSE 875 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:51,600 THEY HAD PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUSE 876 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,300 AND THEY COULDN'T BE UNKIND AND 877 00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:56,800 NOT LET THEM COOK BAD FOOD FOR 878 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:57,300 THEM. 879 00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:01,400 SO, IT WAS AN INTERESTING TIME. 880 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,100 BUT, YOU KNOW, FAMILY PRESSURES 881 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:06,100 AND A LOT OF THOSE REALLY FACTOR 882 00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:06,300 IN. 883 00:36:06,300 --> 00:36:07,800 WE KNOW PEOPLE CAN MAKE A 884 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,600 CHANGE, LIKE I SAID, SUSTAINING 885 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:10,100 THE CHANGE AND CARRYING IT 886 00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:14,100 FORWARD ARE THE KEY THINGS. 887 00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:17,100 >> YOU CAME UP, DOC, WITH THE 888 00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:17,900 "DASH" DIET. 889 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:19,500 I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DEFINE THAT 890 00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:21,400 FOR OUR AUDIENCE. 891 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,500 MANY OF MY PATIENTS BATTLE WITH 892 00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:27,700 BUSY SCHEDULES, CHILDREN AND 893 00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:28,500 EATING OUT. 894 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:31,100 WE TRY TO COOK AT HOME. 895 00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:33,400 I'M NEWLY-MARRIED SO MY WIFE 896 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,400 ENJOYS COOKING SO I'M VERY 897 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:35,800 FORTUNATE. 898 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,500 WHAT ARE YOU THOUGHTS ABOUT 899 00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:39,100 EATING OUT? 900 00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:40,600 >> WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION 901 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:41,300 ABOUT THAT. 902 00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:44,100 WE HAD A STUDY WHERE WE TOLD 903 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:46,100 PEOPLE THEY COULD ONLY EAT OUT 904 00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:47,400 ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK AND THAT 905 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,100 WAS NOT A VERY GOOD MESSAGE. 906 00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:50,500 WHEN YOU EAT OUT, YOU REALLY 907 00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:52,100 NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EATING 908 00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:53,600 AND THERE'S STRATEGIES THAT YOU 909 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,100 CAN USE. 910 00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:57,200 YOU CAN ORDER FOOD THAT DOESN'T 911 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,700 HAVE ADDED FAT. 912 00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:02,200 YOU COULD HAVE YOUR SALAD 913 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:03,100 DRESSING ON THE SIDE. 914 00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:05,100 THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER 915 00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:06,400 STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE USED. 916 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,300 BUT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE 917 00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:11,100 "DASH" DIET, THE "DASH" DIET WAS 918 00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:13,700 DESIGNED TO BE A HEALTHY DIET 919 00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:16,300 AND FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A 920 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:20,200 ROW, IT IS STILL THE HEALTHIER 921 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,400 DIET BY U.S. NEWS AND WORLD 922 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,500 REPORTS. 923 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,300 IF YOU COUNT CALORIES AND YOU 924 00:37:25,300 --> 00:37:27,700 KNOW ABOUT THE FOOD GROUPS, YOU 925 00:37:27,700 --> 00:37:31,200 CAN MAKE VERY POSITIVE CHANGES 926 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:39,100 AND IT COULD BE MORE 927 00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:39,600 NUTRIENT-DENSE. 928 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:48,100 >> WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM BRETA 929 00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:48,400 HERE. 930 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,100 >> BRETA'S A NONPROFIT AND WE 931 00:37:52,100 --> 00:37:55,100 SUPPORT SMALL, LOCAL FARMERS 932 00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:57,800 HERE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. 933 00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:58,800 AND, THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO 934 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,400 BRING THEIR PRODUCT TO OUR 935 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:04,100 MARKETS SO THEY CAN REACH THE 936 00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:04,900 INDIVIDUALS HERE IN THE BATON 937 00:38:04,900 --> 00:38:09,900 ROUGE AREA AND SOME OF OUR 938 00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:12,500 PRODUCERS GO TO THE CRESCENT 939 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:13,500 CITY AREA. 940 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:19,100 >> IS IT STATE-WIDE? 941 00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:20,900 >> NORTH AND SOUTH BATON ROUGE. 942 00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:23,400 ONE OF MAIN GOALS -- ONCE WE 943 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,100 RECEIVE THE FUNDING TO DO THE 944 00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:29,600 MOBILE FARMERS MARKET, WHICH IS 945 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:34,600 TO TARGET DESERT AREAS, WE WENT 946 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,900 TO GLENN OAKS AREA, SOUTH BATON 947 00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:40,700 ROUGE, STARHILL CHURCH. 948 00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:42,800 WE PROVIDED A POP-UP MARKET 949 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:43,100 THERE. 950 00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:46,100 WE TARGETED MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, 951 00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:48,900 SENIORS -- BECAUSE OUR MARKETS 952 00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:52,500 COME BETWEEN 8:00 AND 2:00, SO A 953 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:55,800 LOT OF SENIORS, A LOT OF 954 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,200 RETIREES, SOME FOLKS THAT WERE 955 00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:58,600 DISABLED. 956 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,400 IF WE HAD THOSE WHO WORKED 957 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,100 DURING THOSE HOURS, WE HAVE THE 958 00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:04,900 SATURDAY MARKET DOWNTOWN. 959 00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:07,300 SO EVERYTHING IN THE BATON ROUGE 960 00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:09,900 AREA CAN HAVE ACCESS TO LOCAL, 961 00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:12,600 FRESH PRODUCE HERE, THAT COMES 962 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:13,700 FROM HERE IN LOUISIANA. 963 00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:18,200 >> FRESH IS BEST AND TRY TO EAT 964 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:18,500 SEASONAL? 965 00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:21,500 >> I'M A SEASONABLE PERSON. 966 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:24,400 THINGS ARE NOT IN SEASON OR 967 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:25,800 WE'LL HAVE A BAD WEATHER 968 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:27,200 CONDITIONS AND OUR FARMERS 969 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:28,800 AREN'T GROWING A LOT OF 970 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,200 VEGETABLES AND WE MAY HAVE TO GO 971 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:34,400 OUT TO OTHER PLACED TO GET OUR 972 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:35,700 FRESH VEGETABLES. 973 00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:38,500 IF IT'S IN SEASON, THAT'S WHAT 974 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:40,800 MY FAMILY'S GOING TO HAVE. 975 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,400 >> YOU WORK AROUND THE STATE. 976 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:46,500 I WANT YOU TO DEFINE WHAT TO 977 00:39:46,500 --> 00:39:46,900 DESERTS. 978 00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:52,100 >> I WORK WITH OUR SNAP AID. 979 00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:54,500 WE HAVE NUTRITION EDUCATORS 980 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:55,300 THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 981 00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:57,800 WHAT I DO IS I GO IN -- IF IT'S 982 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,100 A SITE, I HELP THEM GUILD A 983 00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:03,400 GARDEN, MAYBE AT ACCOUNTS ON 984 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,100 AGING OR A HEADSTART WHERE THEY 985 00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:12,000 CAN LEARN HOW TO GROW, HARVEST 986 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,900 AND CONTINUE IT SEASONALLY. 987 00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:18,100 >> ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT WE 988 00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:19,900 HAVEN'T LEARNED ABOUT THIS. 989 00:40:19,900 --> 00:40:22,300 PEOPLE AREN'T GROWING AND LIVING 990 00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:23,700 AS THEY SHOULD? 991 00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:26,000 >> I'VE THOUGHT MAYBE CLOSE TO 992 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,700 2,000 STUDENTS. 993 00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:32,400 IUM MAYBE MORE. 994 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,900 I HAVE A LOT OF RESISTANCE, I 995 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:37,100 DON'T WANT TO GET MY NAILS 996 00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:37,400 DIRTY. 997 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,500 I DON'T WANT TO GET MY SHOES 998 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:39,800 DIRTY. 999 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,100 ONCE THEY TOUCH THE SOIL WITH 1000 00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:43,300 THEIR HANDS, THERE'S NO GOING 1001 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:43,600 BACK. 1002 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,300 THEY ENJOY IT AND THEY LOVE IT 1003 00:40:45,300 --> 00:40:47,000 AND IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE IN 1004 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,400 COMMON AND HAVE IN OUR ANCESTRY 1005 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,100 AND WE SHOULD RECONNECT WITH IT, 1006 00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:52,600 IF WE HAVEN'T. 1007 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,400 AND HAVING THE SKILL OF GROWING 1008 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,700 YOUR OWN FOOD CAN TAKE YOU A 1009 00:40:58,700 --> 00:40:59,300 LONG WAY. 1010 00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:01,100 A FOOD DESERT IN URBAN AREAS IS 1011 00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:04,400 A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LOW ACCESS 1012 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:05,500 TO FRESH PRODUCE. 1013 00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:09,400 SO, YOU DON'T HAVE A SUPERMARKET 1014 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,300 WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE AND IN A 1015 00:41:11,300 --> 00:41:13,900 RURAL AREA, IT'S WITHIN 10 1016 00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:14,500 MILES. 1017 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:16,600 OFTEN TIMES, WITH FOOD DESERTS, 1018 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,200 YOU HAVE LOCACCESS TO 1019 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,100 TRANSPORTATION SO IF YOU CAN'T 1020 00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:22,800 WALK TO THE SUPERMARKET, YOU'RE 1021 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,600 TAKING THE BUS. 1022 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:28,200 IT'S DIFFICULT TO RETRIEVE FRESH 1023 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:28,500 PRODUCE. 1024 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:31,700 ONE CREATIVE WAY TO COMBAT THAT 1025 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:36,100 IS LEARNING HOW TO GROW YOUR ON 1026 00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:37,100 FOOD IN YOUR BACKYARD. 1027 00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:39,500 IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE 1028 00:41:39,500 --> 00:41:42,500 STORE TO GET THE COLLARD GREENS, 1029 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:44,100 THAT'S A BLESSING. 1030 00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:47,100 >> MY DAD HAD A MINI GARDEN AND 1031 00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:50,100 WE'D TAKE THE TOMATOES AND EAT 1032 00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:53,900 THEM LIKE APPLES. 1033 00:41:53,900 --> 00:41:55,500 >> YOU ARE VERY RESOURCEFUL. 1034 00:41:55,500 --> 00:41:57,500 I WANT YOU TO MENTION SOME 1035 00:41:57,500 --> 00:41:59,600 THINGS ABOUT THE WIC PROGRAM. 1036 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,500 >> WE PARTNER AND COLLABORATE 1037 00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:06,100 WITH A LOT OF THE PANELISTS 1038 00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:06,500 HERE. 1039 00:42:06,500 --> 00:42:09,300 WE WORK WITH THE SNAP AID AND 1040 00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:11,500 THE SNAP EDUCATORS COMING TO THE 1041 00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:15,400 WIC CLINICS AND PROVIDE SERVICES 1042 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,800 AND TEACH OUR WIC PARTICIPANTS 1043 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:18,100 FROM TIME TO TIME ACROSS THE 1044 00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:19,100 STATE OF LOUISIANA. 1045 00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:22,100 WE ALSO WORK WITH BRETA. 1046 00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:26,100 WITH THE FARMERS MARKETS, WE 1047 00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:28,500 HIGHLY ENCOURAGE OUR WIC 1048 00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:31,800 PARTICIPANTS TO COME AND 1049 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:32,600 PARTICIPATE AND PURCHASE FRESH 1050 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,200 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 1051 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,500 THERE'S A MATCHING PROGRAM THAT 1052 00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:39,300 WE HAVE. 1053 00:42:39,300 --> 00:42:44,100 WE'RE ALSO EXPANDED INTO 1054 00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:45,500 ALEXANDRIA, LAKE CHARLES, AS 1055 00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:53,900 WELL AS SHREVEPORT. 1056 00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:59,600 IN 2009, THE USDA APPROVED THE 1057 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,900 WIC PROGRAM TO SERVE OR PROVIDE 1058 00:43:02,900 --> 00:43:03,300 WHOLEGRAIN. 1059 00:43:03,300 --> 00:43:06,800 SO, WHOLEGRAINS ARE ADDED TO THE 1060 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:08,500 FOOD PACKAGE, AS WELL AS THE 1061 00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:11,600 FRESH CHOICE OF FRUITS AND 1062 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:11,100 VEGETABLES. 1063 00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:13,800 THE STATE OF LOUISIANA OPTED TO 1064 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,700 PROVIDE FRESH-ONLY FRUITS AND 1065 00:43:15,700 --> 00:43:19,100 VEGETABLES BECAUSE WE ARE AN 1066 00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:21,900 AGRICULTURAL STATE AND FROM 1067 00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:24,500 [INDISCERNIBLE] TO ADULTHOOD 1068 00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:27,200 WITH OUR CHILD-BEARING AGE 1069 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,100 WOMEN, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THE 1070 00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:30,500 OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE FRESH 1071 00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:33,200 AND PREPARE FRESH FOR THEIR 1072 00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:35,800 FAMILIES TO INTRODUCE TO THE 1073 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:36,200 CHILDREN. 1074 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,400 IT STARTS VERY YOUNG WITH REGARD 1075 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,900 TO INTRODUCING NEW FOOD IDEAS 1076 00:43:41,900 --> 00:43:44,200 AND GETTING OUR CHILDREN 1077 00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:48,600 ACCLIMATED ACCLIMATED TO 1078 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:48,100 EXERCISE. 1079 00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:50,900 >> WE HAD A VERY INTERESTING 1080 00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:52,200 DIALOGUE PRIOR TO THE SHOW. 1081 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:54,600 I JUST WANTED TO DAVID TO SHARE 1082 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,300 A LITTLE BIT OF HIS STORY. 1083 00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:59,500 IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING AND WE'RE 1084 00:43:59,500 --> 00:44:02,100 JUST GLAD THAT YOU'RE DOING 1085 00:44:02,100 --> 00:44:02,400 WELL. 1086 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,100 >> IT WAS A GREAT JOURNEY. 1087 00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:08,400 AT 2 YEARS OLD, I WAS DIAGNOSED 1088 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,600 WITH TYPE I DIABETES, WHICH IS 1089 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:11,100 JUVENILE. 1090 00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:14,800 I LEARNED HOW TO TAKE MY OWN 1091 00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:16,800 INSULIN SHOTS. 1092 00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:18,600 SUPPOSED TO LEARN HOW TO EAT. 1093 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,700 I NEVER DID WANT TO DO THAT. 1094 00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:22,800 GOING THROUGH THE TEENAGE YEARS, 1095 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:23,700 I REBELLED. 1096 00:44:23,700 --> 00:44:25,400 I DIDN'T HAVE MY MOM AROUND. 1097 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,400 MY DAD WORKED. 1098 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,300 SO, I JUST DID WHATEVER IT TOOK 1099 00:44:30,300 --> 00:44:31,300 TO GET BY. 1100 00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:36,700 IN 2013, I GOT DIAGNOSED WITH, 1101 00:44:36,700 --> 00:44:38,500 IN-STAGE RENAL DISEASE. 1102 00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:40,100 >> HOW OLD WERE YOU THEN? 1103 00:44:40,100 --> 00:44:43,300 >> 32 YEARS OLD. 1104 00:44:43,300 --> 00:44:50,400 AND IT WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2013. 1105 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:56,900 THEY PERFORMED AN AV FISTULA. 1106 00:44:56,900 --> 00:45:00,900 THEY CAN DO DIALYSIS IN MY ARM. 1107 00:45:00,900 --> 00:45:06,700 I GOT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, SLEEP 1108 00:45:06,700 --> 00:45:07,100 APNEA. 1109 00:45:07,100 --> 00:45:09,500 AND THEN I GOT TOLD BY THE 1110 00:45:09,500 --> 00:45:13,400 DOCTOR, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET A 1111 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:16,800 TRANSPLANT AND A PANCREAS. 1112 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,100 THE DIABETES WOULD TEAR MY 1113 00:45:19,100 --> 00:45:19,600 KIDNEY UP. 1114 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:21,100 >> YOU HAD TO LOSE WEIGHT? 1115 00:45:21,100 --> 00:45:25,100 >> I WAS AT 289 POUNDS AND THEY 1116 00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:27,100 SAID I NEED TO BE DOWN TO AT 1117 00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:28,200 LEAST 170. 1118 00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,200 I'VE TRIED DIFFERENT DIETS AND 1119 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:33,200 THE PROBLEM I HAD WAS BEING A 1120 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:39,600 DIABETIC ON A DIABETIC DIET, I 1121 00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,700 DIDN'T NEED CALCIUM, DIFFERENT 1122 00:45:42,700 --> 00:45:48,400 FOODS WOULD CONTRADICT OTHER 1123 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:50,300 DIETS. 1124 00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:52,500 I'VE SPOKEN WITH A DOCTOR OUT OF 1125 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:56,600 LOUISIANA WHO AGREED TO DO A 1126 00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:57,600 GASTRIC SLEEVE. 1127 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,200 HE DID THE GASTRIC SLEEVE. 1128 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:03,100 KEPT EXTRA WATCH ON ME, HE 1129 00:46:03,100 --> 00:46:06,900 PERSONALLY CALLED EVERY MONTH. 1130 00:46:06,900 --> 00:46:10,100 THE NUTRITIONIST WORKED WITH ME 1131 00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:11,300 ON THE SHAKES. 1132 00:46:11,300 --> 00:46:14,400 AND I ENDED UP GOING FROM 289 1133 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,300 POUNDS DOWN TO 167 POUNDS. 1134 00:46:16,300 --> 00:46:20,200 AND I RECEIVED A KIDNEY/PANCREAS 1135 00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,700 TRANSPLANT DECEMBER OF 2015. 1136 00:46:22,700 --> 00:46:24,400 >> YOU LOOK GREAT, DAVID. 1137 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:25,100 >> THANK YOU. 1138 00:46:25,100 --> 00:46:26,500 I FEEL GREAT. 1139 00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:29,700 THE ROAD TO RECOVERY'S HARD, BUT 1140 00:46:29,700 --> 00:46:32,500 I FIND THAT EATING RIGHT, HAVING 1141 00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:37,200 TO LIVE FOR MY SISTER TO WATCH 1142 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:41,100 HER GRADUATE COLLEGE, MY WIFE, I 1143 00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:42,100 HAD A SERVICE DOG. 1144 00:46:42,100 --> 00:46:45,700 >> WHO DO YOU HAVE WITH YOU 1145 00:46:45,700 --> 00:46:46,100 THERE? 1146 00:46:46,100 --> 00:46:48,700 >> THIS IS [INDISCERNIBLE] 1147 00:46:48,700 --> 00:46:51,900 >> DR. BELLANGER, HOW COMMON IS 1148 00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:52,800 THIS STORY? 1149 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,100 HOW COMMON IS THIS SCENARIO AND 1150 00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:57,100 HOW SAFE ARE THESE PROCEDURES 1151 00:46:57,100 --> 00:46:58,900 AND MAYBE SHARE THE DIFFERENT 1152 00:46:58,900 --> 00:47:01,500 TYPES OF PROCEDURES FOR WEIGHT 1153 00:47:01,500 --> 00:47:01,900 LOSS? 1154 00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:04,500 >> THE SURGICAL PROCEDURES ARE 1155 00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:07,900 THE GASTRIC BANDING, WHICH HAS 1156 00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:11,800 FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR. 1157 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:14,200 THERE IS GASTRIC BYPASS AND THE 1158 00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:14,100 VERTICAL SLEEVE. 1159 00:47:14,100 --> 00:47:17,800 IN DAVID'S SITUATION, THE 1160 00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:19,200 GASTRIC SLEEVE IS PROBABLY THE 1161 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,700 BEST BECAUSE THE MEDICATIONS YOU 1162 00:47:22,700 --> 00:47:24,500 NEED FOR A TRANSPLANT PATIENT 1163 00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:26,400 HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY AND 1164 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,300 THE VERTICAL SLEEVE IS THE 1165 00:47:28,300 --> 00:47:30,200 PROCEDURE OF CHOICE FOR THAT 1166 00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:33,200 BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALTER THE 1167 00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,600 ABSORPTION OF MEDICATIONS. 1168 00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,600 >> THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL, HIS 1169 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:38,400 SITUATION AT ALL? 1170 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,100 >> NO, IT'S NOT. 1171 00:47:41,100 --> 00:47:41,500 >> WOW. 1172 00:47:41,500 --> 00:47:43,900 >> DR. CHAMPAGNE? 1173 00:47:43,900 --> 00:47:44,700 >> YES. 1174 00:47:44,700 --> 00:47:48,300 >> A QUESTION, MY MAIN PROBLEM, 1175 00:47:48,300 --> 00:47:53,100 I TRIED THE RENAL DIET, DIABETIC 1176 00:47:53,100 --> 00:47:55,200 DIET, DOESN'T NECESSARILY GO 1177 00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,800 TOGETHER. 1178 00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,100 I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH PENNINGTON 1179 00:48:00,100 --> 00:48:02,500 BECAUSE I'M FROM TEXAS. 1180 00:48:02,500 --> 00:48:04,900 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING I CAN LOOK 1181 00:48:04,900 --> 00:48:08,100 AT OR SOMETHING SOMEONE COULD 1182 00:48:08,100 --> 00:48:11,100 TRY BEFORE HAVING TO UNDERGO A 1183 00:48:11,100 --> 00:48:11,700 GASTRIC SLEEVE? 1184 00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:15,500 >> IN TERMS OF YOUR PARTICULAR 1185 00:48:15,500 --> 00:48:17,200 SITUATION, I THINK THAT RELYING 1186 00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:19,800 ON A DIETICIAN WHO CAN COMPARE 1187 00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:23,400 THE TWO DIETS AND THEY YOU NEED 1188 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:27,400 TO BE ON, LIKE THE DIABETIC DIET 1189 00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:29,900 VERSUS A RENAL DIET, COULD GIVE 1190 00:48:29,900 --> 00:48:33,100 YOU A LOT OF ADVICE IN TERMS OF, 1191 00:48:33,100 --> 00:48:35,400 YOU KNOW, WHAT FOODS WOULD BE 1192 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:39,900 BEST FOR YOU TO CONSUME VERSES 1193 00:48:39,900 --> 00:48:41,700 WHICH ONES TO AVOID. 1194 00:48:41,700 --> 00:48:44,400 IT'S TOO BAD THAT WE DON'T HAVE 1195 00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:48,600 THE RESOURCES TO CURE EVERYONE. 1196 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:52,100 A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST A 1197 00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:54,700 LITTLE BIT OVERWEIGHT ARE 1198 00:48:54,700 --> 00:48:57,100 WANTING TO MAKE CHANGES AND COME 1199 00:48:57,100 --> 00:49:01,800 TO SEE US, BUT SOMETIMES THEY 1200 00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:03,100 DON'T QUALIFY BECAUSE THEY'RE 1201 00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:04,900 NOT FAT ENOUGH. 1202 00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:09,200 I THINK THAT'S SORT OF DIFFICULT 1203 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,100 BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE 1204 00:49:12,100 --> 00:49:13,300 OVERWEIGHT AND THEY WANT TO LOSE 1205 00:49:13,300 --> 00:49:15,500 A LITTLE BIT OF WEIGHT TO MAKE A 1206 00:49:15,500 --> 00:49:16,900 DIFFERENCE AND GET TO A POINT 1207 00:49:16,900 --> 00:49:19,800 WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY 1208 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,600 ABOUT BECOMING OBESE. 1209 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:23,900 >> ARE THERE ANY ONGOING 1210 00:49:23,900 --> 00:49:24,300 STUDIES? 1211 00:49:24,300 --> 00:49:27,400 >> WE HAVE DONE STUDIES ON 1212 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,100 WEIGHT WATCHERS AND THE NEW 1213 00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:31,700 PROGRAM IS CHANGING AS A RESULT 1214 00:49:31,700 --> 00:49:34,800 OF A STUDY THAT WAS JOINT 1215 00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:37,600 BETWEEN PENNINGTON AND SEVERAL 1216 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,400 OTHER -- FOUR OR FIVE OTHER 1217 00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,600 CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 1218 00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:43,200 PENNINGTON IS, YOU KNOW, TRYING 1219 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,400 TO BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF 1220 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:47,300 HELPING TO DECIDE WHAT MIGHT BE 1221 00:49:47,300 --> 00:49:50,700 BEST FOR PEOPLE IN TERMS OF A 1222 00:49:50,700 --> 00:49:51,400 DIET. 1223 00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:53,500 WE ACTUALLY DID A BARIATRIC 1224 00:49:53,500 --> 00:49:55,400 STUDY CALLED HEADS UP. 1225 00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:59,100 DR. BELLANGER, HERE, WAS ONE OF 1226 00:49:59,100 --> 00:50:01,700 OUR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGEONS. 1227 00:50:01,700 --> 00:50:04,200 AND, IT WAS -- IT WAS REALLY A 1228 00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:05,900 TERRIFIC STUDY AND I WISH IT 1229 00:50:05,900 --> 00:50:08,200 COULD HAVE GONE ON FOR MORE 1230 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:09,600 YEARS, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO FOLLOW 1231 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:12,900 SOME OF THE PEOPLE UP TO FIVE 1232 00:50:12,900 --> 00:50:13,200 YEARS. 1233 00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:16,400 AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING TO 1234 00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:17,500 ACTUALLY TRY TO CONTINUE 1235 00:50:17,500 --> 00:50:21,700 FOLLOWING THOSE PEOPLE, WHO HAD 1236 00:50:21,700 --> 00:50:25,200 BARIATRIC SURGERY. 1237 00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:28,300 >> RUDY, REAL QUICK. 1238 00:50:28,300 --> 00:50:33,500 AN OBESE CHILD MAKES AN OBESE 1239 00:50:33,500 --> 00:50:33,900 ADULT. 1240 00:50:33,900 --> 00:50:34,700 HOW TRUE IS THAT? 1241 00:50:34,700 --> 00:50:37,500 >> PARENTS HAVE TO BE REALLY 1242 00:50:37,500 --> 00:50:39,200 COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT 1243 00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:40,400 THERE'S A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO 1244 00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:41,100 SAY NO. 1245 00:50:41,100 --> 00:50:45,100 NO TO CERTAIN FOODS AND SUGARY 1246 00:50:45,100 --> 00:50:47,300 CANDY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 1247 00:50:47,300 --> 00:50:48,500 >> SPRINGTIME. 1248 00:50:48,500 --> 00:50:49,300 >> THAT'S TRUE. 1249 00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:51,200 THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH 1250 00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,400 CHILDHOOD OBESITY, NOT ONLY YOU 1251 00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:55,300 HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD PHYSICAL 1252 00:50:55,300 --> 00:50:57,300 EDUCATION IN SCHOOL, BUT AT THE 1253 00:50:57,300 --> 00:50:57,700 SCHOOL. 1254 00:50:57,700 --> 00:51:00,500 I'VE ALWAYS NOTICED THAT THERE 1255 00:51:00,500 --> 00:51:03,100 ARE KIDS WHO TRY OUT FOR 1256 00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:05,600 BASKETBALL TEAMS OR FOOTBALL 1257 00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:06,200 TEAMS. 1258 00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,700 THE KIDS WHO DON'T MAKE IT, WHAT 1259 00:51:08,700 --> 00:51:09,800 HAPPENS TO THEM? 1260 00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:12,300 WE HAVE SO MANY SPECIALIZED 1261 00:51:12,300 --> 00:51:12,900 SPORTS. 1262 00:51:12,900 --> 00:51:14,800 SPORTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, LIKE 1263 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:20,400 SOCCER COSTS HUNDREDS OF 1264 00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:20,800 DOLLARS. 1265 00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:22,100 BASEBALL COSTS HUNDREDS OF 1266 00:51:22,100 --> 00:51:24,400 DOLLARS. 1267 00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:25,100 IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, THEY 1268 00:51:25,100 --> 00:51:27,600 CAN'T AFFORD IT. 1269 00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:32,100 WE CREATE SPORTS AND 1270 00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:33,100 TOURNAMENTS. 1271 00:51:33,100 --> 00:51:35,500 IF NOT, THEY WILL WANDER THE 1272 00:51:35,500 --> 00:51:36,900 STREETS AND EAT THE WRONG 1273 00:51:36,900 --> 00:51:37,200 THINGS. 1274 00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:38,700 TO KEEP OUR KIDS BUSY AND TO 1275 00:51:38,700 --> 00:51:42,300 FIND THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WILL 1276 00:51:42,300 --> 00:51:44,100 ALLOW OUR KIDS TO HAVE SOMETHING 1277 00:51:44,100 --> 00:51:46,100 TO DO AND IN THE SUMMERTIME, WE 1278 00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:49,500 HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS WITH THE 1279 00:51:49,500 --> 00:51:51,700 GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON FITNESS 1280 00:51:51,700 --> 00:51:53,100 WHERE WE ADDRESS ALL THOSE 1281 00:51:53,100 --> 00:51:54,100 THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. 1282 00:51:54,100 --> 00:51:56,500 >> I TELL YOU GUYS, I WORKED 1283 00:51:56,500 --> 00:52:03,400 WITH RUDY OVER SEVEN YEARS AND 1284 00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:04,600 HE'S DONE GREAT. 1285 00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:08,200 ANY CLOSING WORDS FROM OUR 1286 00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:08,600 PANELISTS? 1287 00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:10,200 >> I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE 1288 00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:11,400 EVERYONE WITH A SIMPLE CENTRAL 1289 00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:14,300 SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THAT IS, IF 1290 00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:19,200 A KID GROWS KALE, A KID WILL EAT 1291 00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:19,500 KALE. 1292 00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:20,700 >> MR. MACKLIN? 1293 00:52:20,700 --> 00:52:22,600 >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY LET'S TRY 1294 00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:24,300 TO -- WHEN YOU START ANY TYPE OF 1295 00:52:24,300 --> 00:52:26,500 NEW DIET OR EXERCISE PROGRAM, DO 1296 00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:28,100 NOT DO IT BY YOURSELF. 1297 00:52:28,100 --> 00:52:31,100 ALWAYS HAVE A PARTNER OR 1298 00:52:31,100 --> 00:52:31,500 PARTNERS. 1299 00:52:31,500 --> 00:52:32,100 THE MORE YOU HAVE -- THERE ARE 1300 00:52:32,100 --> 00:52:34,700 GOING TO BE SOME DAYS YOU WON'T 1301 00:52:34,700 --> 00:52:37,100 FEEL LIKE WORKING OUT OR EATING 1302 00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:37,400 RIGHT. 1303 00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:39,100 WE FALL OFF THE WAGON. 1304 00:52:39,100 --> 00:52:41,400 WHEN YOU HAVE PARTNERS, YOUR 1305 00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:44,100 DIET AND YOUR EXERCISE ARE GOING 1306 00:52:44,100 --> 00:52:46,900 TO LAST A LONG TIME. 1307 00:52:46,900 --> 00:52:49,100 >> SOCIAL SUPPORT IS VERY 1308 00:52:49,100 --> 00:52:51,400 IMPORTANT IN ALL OF OUR 1309 00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:52,100 WEIGHT-LOSS STUDIES. 1310 00:52:52,100 --> 00:52:55,100 WE ARE DOING WORK WITH CHILD 1311 00:52:55,100 --> 00:52:57,100 NUTRITION IN THE STATE, BUT I 1312 00:52:57,100 --> 00:52:59,800 WANT TO STRESS THAT A CHILD IS 1313 00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:01,800 AT SCHOOL FOR A SHORT PART OF 1314 00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:03,100 THE DAY, SO, THE EXAMPLE SET BY 1315 00:53:03,100 --> 00:53:09,300 THE PARENTS IS KEY TO GOOD CHILD 1316 00:53:09,300 --> 00:53:11,300 NUTRITION H 1317 00:53:11,300 --> 00:53:12,200 NUTRITION HABITS. 1318 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:13,900 AT PENNINGTON, WE HAVE THE 1319 00:53:13,900 --> 00:53:17,500 FARMERS MARKET ON THURSDAY. 1320 00:53:17,500 --> 00:53:20,300 8:00 TO 12:00. 1321 00:53:20,300 --> 00:53:21,600 >> DR. BELLANGER? 1322 00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:23,400 >> WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG GOAL OF 1323 00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:25,900 LOSING WEIGHT, IT'S BEST TO 1324 00:53:25,900 --> 00:53:28,100 ACHIEVE IT BY SETTING MULTIPLE 1325 00:53:28,100 --> 00:53:31,300 SMALL GOALS SO YOU CAN ACHIEVE 1326 00:53:31,300 --> 00:53:33,200 THOSE GOALS MUCH EASIER. 1327 00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:34,400 >> DO YOU RECOMMEND 1328 00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:34,900 [INDISCERNIBLE] 1329 00:53:34,900 --> 00:53:38,500 >> YES, DEFINITELY. 1330 00:53:38,500 --> 00:53:40,500 >> KNOW YOUR DOCTOR, KNOW YOUR 1331 00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:43,100 NUMBERS, KNOW YOUR FAMILY 1332 00:53:43,100 --> 00:53:45,800 HISTORY, EAT HEALTHY AND 1333 00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:46,100 EXERCISE. 1334 00:53:46,100 --> 00:53:47,700 MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU HAVE TO GO 1335 00:53:47,700 --> 00:53:49,100 TO THE DOCTOR. 1336 00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:51,300 WE CAN'T DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM IF 1337 00:53:51,300 --> 00:53:54,300 YOU DON'T GO TO THE DOCTOR. 1338 00:53:54,300 --> 00:54:00,400 MANY PATIENTS COME INTO WITH MY 1339 00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,400 BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES. 1340 00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,100 DAVID, YOU'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH 1341 00:54:04,100 --> 00:54:05,900 THAT AND YOU'VE SEEN WHAT 1342 00:54:05,900 --> 00:54:06,200 HAPPENS. 1343 00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:07,600 I WANT TO THANK THE PANELISTS 1344 00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:08,500 AND THE AUDIENCE. 1345 00:54:08,500 --> 00:54:10,400 YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME. 1346 00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:13,600 THIS WAS A GREAT SESSION. 1347 00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:14,900 HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING 1348 00:54:14,900 --> 00:54:16,100 LIKE THIS AGAIN. 1349 00:54:16,100 --> 00:54:18,500 WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME FOR OUR 1350 00:54:18,500 --> 00:54:22,100 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SEGMENT. 1351 00:54:22,100 --> 00:54:26,800 WE'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR 1352 00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:28,800 FOR THEIR INSIGHT. 1353 00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:31,100 WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL HAVE A 1354 00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:41,500 FEW CLOSING MOMENTS. 1355 00:54:41,500 --> 00:54:45,100 >> I'M INSPIRED, I'M GOING TO GO 1356 00:54:45,100 --> 00:54:50,500 OUT AND EAT A HEALTHIER DIET. 1357 00:54:50,500 --> 00:54:53,200 I DON'T PROMISE TO COOK MORE. 1358 00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:54,900 MY HUSBAND'S A GOOD COOK. 1359 00:54:54,900 --> 00:54:56,100 IT IS HARD IN LOUISIANA. 1360 00:54:56,100 --> 00:54:57,600 WE HAVE SUCH TASTY FOOD. 1361 00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:01,600 AND AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL 1362 00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:04,900 OF OUR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, TO 1363 00:55:04,900 --> 00:55:06,500 TAILGATING AND PARTIES. 1364 00:55:06,500 --> 00:55:07,700 >> WE'RE EATING. 1365 00:55:07,700 --> 00:55:09,700 >> CONSQUENTSLY, WE HAVE TO KEEP 1366 00:55:09,700 --> 00:55:11,700 THAT IN MIND AND PORTION CONTROL 1367 00:55:11,700 --> 00:55:16,300 IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE BIGGEST 1368 00:55:16,300 --> 00:55:16,600 THINGS. 1369 00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:18,100 >> WE HAVE TO LIMIT THOSE THINGS 1370 00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:20,100 AND MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES. 1371 00:55:20,100 --> 00:55:21,400 FRESH IS BEST. 1372 00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:24,600 GO TO THOSE FRESH MARKETS ON THE 1373 00:55:24,600 --> 00:55:24,900 WEEKENDS. 1374 00:55:24,900 --> 00:55:27,700 >> I BUY THEM, I DON'T 1375 00:55:27,700 --> 00:55:28,600 NECESSARILY COOK THEM. 1376 00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:31,700 >>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE 1377 00:55:31,700 --> 00:55:33,400 FOR THIS EDITION OF "LOUISIANA 1378 00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:33,900 PUBLIC SQUARE." 1379 00:55:33,900 --> 00:55:35,900 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OUR 1380 00:55:35,900 --> 00:55:37,300 WEBSITE, LPB.ORG/PUBLICSQUARE. 1381 00:55:37,300 --> 00:55:38,900 COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S SHOW AND WE 1382 00:55:38,900 --> 00:55:40,100 WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF 1383 00:55:40,100 --> 00:55:41,300 YOU. 1384 00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:42,100 >>> NEXT MONTH'S PROGRAM TAKES A 1385 00:55:42,100 --> 00:55:44,600 LOOK BACK AT THE POLICE AND 1386 00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:46,600 CIVILIAN SHOOTINGS ING THE 1387 00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:47,700 CAPITOL CITY. 1388 00:55:47,700 --> 00:55:50,100 WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE 1389 00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:53,100 TRUST AMONG THE POLICE AND 1390 00:55:53,100 --> 00:55:54,300 PUBLIC? 1391 00:55:54,300 --> 00:55:56,800 PARTICULAR MINORITIES? 1392 00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:00,100 THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL TOWN 1393 00:56:00,100 --> 00:56:01,500 HALL EDITION, "BLACK & THE 1394 00:56:01,500 --> 00:56:01,800 BLUE." 1395 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:03,400 THANKS, AGAIN, FOR WATCHING. 1396 00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:05,400 >>> GOOD NIGHT AND WE POSTPONE 1397 00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:10,100 THE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE 1398 00:56:10,100 --> 00:56:10,400 FLOODS. 1399 00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:11,500 WE LOOK FORWARD TO A 1400 00:56:11,500 --> 00:56:13,300 CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF YOU. 1401 00:56:13,300 --> 00:56:15,400 GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. 1402 00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:16,400 >> GOOD NIGHT. 1403 00:57:01,700 --> 00:57:05,300 >>> SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS 1404 00:57:05,300 --> 00:57:09,400 PROVIDED BY THE FOUNDATION OF 1405 00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:11,900 EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC 1406 00:57:11,900 --> 00:57:12,700 BROADCASTING AND FROM VIEWERS 1407 00:57:12,700 --> 00:57:13,100 LIKE YOU.