Today, May 6, Suffolk County Health Committee Chair Legislator William R. Spencer, M.D. and Huntington Clerk Andrew Raia will join Huntington Hospital’s Director of Bariatric Surgery Dr. David Buchin at a press conference to announce the first Town-wide diet for local residents.
The diet will include a healthy lifestyle and exercise program to combat the weight gain-nicknamed the “quarantine-15” that residents may have experienced during the pandemic lockdown.
Over a decade ago the Borough of Brooklyn put residents on a diet. The Town of Huntington, with over 200,000 residents, will be the first Long Island municipality to put residents on a diet. PLEASE NOTE: The program is voluntary.
The rate of obesity in the United State now exceeds 35% in nine states and these obesity-related conditions are very serious risk factors in COVID-19 cases. The initiative will work with local merchants who specialize in health and fitness, including a local fitness center.
The press conference will take place at 10:30 a.m. at 224 Wall Street, Huntington.
