Joe Cheray- Founder,

CEO, Web Site Mgr.

Kansans and Friends IWL

Joe Cheray
Who benefits from my program
 Personal Trainers  Therapists
 Nutritionists  Referral Agencies
 Sport Equipment  Last But NOT least
Vendors YOU

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Obesity Related Health Issues
 COPD
 Medical triggers
 Edema- swelling in
legs and feet
 Bedsores from being
bed ridden due to
morbid obesity
 Type 2 diabetes
 Severe hypertension
 polycystic ovary
syndrome (PCOS)

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Eating Disorders
 Eating disorders  People who suffer
involve serious from eating disorders
disturbances in eating can experience a wide
behavior, such as range of physical
extreme and health complications,
unhealthy reduction of including serious
food intake or severe heart conditions and
overeating, as well as kidney failure which
feelings of distress or may lead to death.
extreme concern  Critically important to
about body shape or recognize eating
weight. disorders as real and
treatable diseases
Joe Cheray
Obesity and Pregnancy
 The incidence of
caesarean sections in
obese women is
approximately doubled
compared to the
whole population.
 Reasons
 heavier babies
 narrower pelvis due
to a build up of
fatty tissue in the
pelvis.
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Community Needs We Will Meet
 One stop
nutritional
counseling
 Will replace
inadequacies of
leading weight
loss centers
 Jenny Craig
 Weight Watchers
 Nutri System
 Physician’s
Weight Loss

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Fitness
 Will offer the same
quality fitness
equipment provided
by
 Curves
 YMCA, YWCA
 Maximus
 Wymore
 Wood Valley
 Washburn SRWC

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Counseling Services
 Wi ll incorpor ate
speci al ized
obes ity
couns el ing of ten
not found in
tradi ti onal
set ti ngs
 Valle jo
 Fam il y S er vi ce
and Gu id an ce
Cen ter s
 Shad ow Woo d
Joe Cheray  Inde pe nde nt
Ther ap is ts
Objectives:
 To give men and women a safe place to
share their trials and tribulations in
regards to weight loss.

 To facilitate positive re-enforcement and

not judge others.

Joe Cheray
Enhancement Services
 Kansans and Friends  Facility Merchandise
offers internet Store
bulletin boards  Clothing
 Use caution in  Weight Loss Tools
disclosing any  Motivational
personal information. Materials
 Message board
posting moderation

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Our Future
 We will continue to
actively work with
our clients
 Foster Community
Involvement
 Provide On Going
Support
 Help the Overweight
Population Take
Their Lives Back

Joe Cheray
Prevalence and Characteristics of the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Overweight
and Obese Women
Francisco Álvarez-Blasco, MD; José I. Botella-Carretero, MD, PhD; José L. San
Millán, PhD; Héctor F. Escobar-Morreale, MD, PhD
Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:2081-2086.

http://www.rcog.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=97&PressReleaseID=126
05 October 2006 The growing trends in maternal obesity

Gorin, Amy. "Medical triggers are associated with better short- and long-term
weight loss outcomes." Preventive Medicine Volume 39,Issue 3September 2004
612-616. 05 12 2006
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