Weight Loss Program Offered at LLU

The Full Plate Diet program, based on the best-selling book, will be offered in September at Loma Linda University's Drayson Center, a school spokesman announced Tuesday.

The four-week program will be presented by Loma Linda University School of Public Health and The Drayson Center Wellness Clinic.

Sessions are scheduled 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays starting Sept. 5 at Drayson Center, 25040 Stewart St. in Loma Linda.

Cost is $129 per person for the general public, $99 for Drayson members, and $79 for students, Herbert Atienza of Loma Linda University said. The cost covers attending all four sessions, an events official at Drayson Center said in a phone interview.

Sessions will be led by interns from the doctoral program in Preventive Care at Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Atienza said.

"The Full Plate Diet is a weight management program that explores how a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, grains and legumes can help people lose weight and support wellness goals," Atienza said. "The concept of The Full Plate Diet is taken from the best-selling book, which has sparked a nationwide weight-loss movement."

For more information, call (909) 558-8690.

Loma Linda University is a Seventh-day Adventist educational health-sciences institution with more than 4,300 students.

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