ELEUTHERA, Bahamas -- The One Eleuthera Foundation, in collaboration with cosponsors The Cancer Society of Eleuthera,e commenced "Step Up to Health: 6 Weeks to Wellness/Fitness Boot Camp" September 10th and 11th with two sessions, one held in South Eleuthera at Preston H. Albury High School's Track in Rock Sound and another in Central Eleuthera at the Cancer Society's Wellness Center in Palmetto Point. The boot camp was led by Nurse Bianca Edwards, Mrs Tamara Moncur and Mr Brian Babbs.
Six Weeks to Wellness received an overwhelming response of more than 100 participants from various communities who were all enthused about taking on such a challenge. These persons were then divided into teams who worked together for the duration of the boot camp.
The program, part of  One Eleuthera's Health Initiative goal  of "reversing the trends" by promoting healthy lifestyle changes, focused on children and adults that may suffer from ailments such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, gout, arthritis, insomnia, thyroid disease, lupus, fibroids and/or polycystic ovarian syndrome and a host of other health issues.  Aerobics, nutritional counselling, body weight exercises, crunches, endurance exercises, skipping, weight lifting, abdominal exercises and other activities were incorporated. The intent was to enable participants to adopt healthy self-management behaviours, reverse disease trends and create a healthier community through diet, exercise and healthy lifestyle changes.

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