Gwangju Dong-gu Launches 'My Obesity Liberation Diary' for Office Workers

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 6th that it will promote the ‘My Obesity Liberation Diary’ project to prevent and manage obesity for office workers in the district.

‘My Obesity Liberation Diary’ is part of the pilot project of the ‘Healthy Weight Informer,’ a standard obesity prevention and management program developed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Promotion Institute. It will be conducted over 8 weeks until November, starting with preliminary examinations of participants in the first week of this month.

Dong-gu recruited and selected about 40 employees from the Samsung Electronics CS Customer Center in the district who fall under overweight or obese categories based on abdominal circumference and body mass index, and provided a total of five obesity prevention educational items: ▲smart body composition analysis scale ▲diet tray ▲smart salinity meter ▲waist measuring tape ▲TheraBand.

In addition, to ensure effective project implementation, non-face-to-face education in health, nutrition, and exercise fields, 1:1 individual counseling through a KakaoTalk open chat room, and an obesity prevention-related mission certification event that participants can join will also be conducted.

Im Taek, head of Dong-gu Office, said, “‘My Obesity Liberation Diary’ is the only face-to-face and non-face-to-face obesity prevention and management program for office workers being promoted among autonomous districts in Gwangju,” adding, “We hope it will be an opportunity for office workers, who tend to neglect health management, to effectively manage obesity and check their self-health lifestyle practices.”

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