Being healthy means being at a healthy weight

When you are overweight, it not only affects the way you look and feel but how your entire body functions. Being too heavy can cause serious damage to your heart, kidneys, joints, pancreas, and can bring about diabetes and certain types of cancer. Make the decision right now to take control of your health and achieve a healthy weight. Your health depends on it.

Hurley Health and Fitness Center (HHFC)

The area’s only medically-based health and fitness facility, Hurley Health and Fitness Center offers advanced exercise technology, an experienced team of fitness professionals, and most importantly, access to specialists from Hurley’s full range of medical practices, including cardiology, orthopedics, and rehabilitation sciences.

To help you get fit and lose weight, over 60 group exercise classes a week are available, as well as one-on-one sessions with a personal trainer. The Olympic-size pool is also an excellent way to tone and strengthen your body as well as lose weight. For more information, call (810) 262-2200 or visit the Hurley Health and Fitness Center website.

HHFC also provides the following medically-based exercise programs:

• Diabetes Education & Exercise Program (DEEP)
• Bariatric Education & Exercise Program (BEEP)
• Water Exercise for Arthritis (certified through the Arthritis Foundation)
• Pulmonary Rehab Phase II and III
• Cardiac Rehab Phase III
• SportsCare (physical therapy)

Value Added Services (FREE with membership):

• Over 50 group exercise classes per week (Zumba, yoga, spinning, aquatics, aerobics)
• Child Care (6 months-10 years)
• Family Day (Sundays 2-5pm)
• 2 Personal Training sessions upon joining
• Free locker/towel service

Pay attention to your nutrition

Weight loss and nutrition counseling go hand in hand. Hurley Medical Center’s Nutrition Services has twelve full-time registered dietitians on staff to counsel and educate you about healthy eating and cooking habits and how to lose weight.

Hurley’s Diabetes Education Programs

Being obese often brings about diabetes, a serious disease that is especially common in Genesee County. To help people manage their diabetes, Hurley Medical Center offers diabetes education for adults with diabetes or pre-diabetes. Click here for the list of Hurley’s adult diabetes education classes.

Hurley Medical Center’s diabetes education program is the largest in Genesee County. These programs are recognized by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and certified by the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) as quality self-management diabetes education programs.

Hurley Center for Health Outcomes

The mission of the Hurley Center for Health Outcomes is to improve the quality of life, health and health status of the communities served by Hurley Medical Center. By partnering with local groups, foundations, schools, and organizations, the Hurley Center for Health Outcomes is making great strides in helping people control diabetes, lose weight, eat healthier, exercise, and live healthier lifestyles. For a complete listing of all of the Hurley Center for Health Outcomes health-related and weight loss programs, click here or call (810) 262-2310.

Bariatric Surgery at the Hurley Bariatric Center

If you are morbidly obese or have other chronic weight-related conditions, one alternative is bariatric surgery. At the Hurley Bariatric Center, we recognize that weight loss surgery isn’t for everyone, and that each of our patients is unique with their own personal story and goals. That’s why our team of highly-skilled bariatric surgeons partner with patients to help them choose a custom-tailored plan that’s right for them for successful, sustained weight loss. We provide pre- and post-surgical emotional support, nutrition and exercise counseling, and all the information patients need to make this life-changing decision, as well as 24-hour post-surgical care by our expert surgeons and staff.

If you are interested in knowing more about bariatric surgery at the Hurley Bariatric Center, please click here to register for an FREE upcoming seminar, view the complete schedule of seminars, or to inquire about our surgical options.