thursday, September 14, 1978
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daily nebraskan
Some see diet clinics as answer to lack of will power
By Sue Brown
Starchy dorm foods line up, tempting
student consumers. Typical evening sprints
down to Baskin-Robbins do not make up
for ordering a banana split upon arrival.
Nightmares haunt pudgy freshmen who
cringe at the idea of literally rolling out of
bed the next morning.
A common tendency among college
students is to gain weight, whether it be
five pounds or much more. Three Lincoln
dieting and weight clinics may have the
answer if sheer will power is not enough.
Newest in the Lincoln area is the Diet
Center located at 3201 Pioneers Blvd.
Owner-manager Connie Clark opened the
center on July 24 and although business is
growing each day, she said she hopes to
keep it on a very personal level. There are
over 800 centers throughout the United
States.
Medical records checked
Before a client is placed on the 750
calorie a day menu, the client's medical
records are checked, said Clark, adding that
the center continues to work with the
client's physician throughout, informing
him or her of progress.
Clark said the reducing diet plan
requires the client to come in the office for
weight and monitoring. They eat only
natural foods, in addition to vitamins and
minerals.
After reaching the prescribed weight
goal, Clark said clients enter the stabiliza
tion process, which lasts one week for
every two weeks on the reducing diet.
During this period, nutritional classes may
be attended and certain foods are gradually
added back to the diet.
The maintenance is the third phase of
the program and is a lifetime period, she
said, adding that clients may come in at
any time to be weighed or counseled.
Students counseled
Clark who has counseled university
students, goes through the menu they are
offered at their place of residence and sets
up appropriate meals for them.
Cost is based on an individual basis.
Clients pay for the time it takes to lose
their weight, she said, but each pays the
same per week rate.
"We are not health food nuts," said
Clark. She said she feels that one should
not let weight control their life. "It's time
we put food in its proper place, " she said.
Another alternative is the Weight Loss
Clinic at 339 North Cotner.
Relaxed atmosphere
Shari Fecht, Director of the clinic tells
of a relaxed atmosphere where the nurses
know everyone on a first name basis. The
clinic is staffed with registered nurses as
well as two consultants, one of which is
Fecht.
The Weight Loss Clinic is one of 64
clinics throughout the country. Clients visit
the clinic for approximately ten minutes
per day in order to weight in, Fecht said.
The phases of weight reduction, stabili
zation, and maintenance are the major
parts of the program, with the stabilization
period lasting for six weeks having twice-a-week
visits, according to Fecht. The
maintenance period lasts an additional six
months requiring monthly visits, she said.
Cost by need
Costs are based on the individual's needs
and, according to Fecht, are "sensibly
priced."
In cases that warrant it, the clinic works
with the clients physician.
Weight Watchers, at 2231 Winthrop Rd.,
has been in Lincoln for almost eight years.
The basic method for weight loss centers
around teaching the individual to eat
correctly or, as Myrna Jernberg, office
manager, said, "a re-education in eating."
Lecturers lifetime members
Area manager Maxine Jackman and the
ten lecturers at the Lincoln location are all
lifetime members of Weight Watchers.
Losing weight through the program is a
"must" for all lecturers, she said.
Besides offering various menus suited to
men, women and youth every two weeks, a
different module is presented, according to
Jackman. Modules are handouts that are
discussed in class and practiced in home.
Topics include; "How to Manage Eating
Out" and "How to Avoid Temptation".
A doctor's permission it not required to
participate unless an individual only has
ten pounds or less to lose. Jackman said
university students receive "special atten
tion in that they are not always able to
prepare their own meals."
All three clinics have a larger enrollment of
women than men, although the number of
men are increasing in number.
The clinics all leave exercise up to the
individual, although in some cases it is
encouraged.
A fee of $8.50 is required upon registra
tion and an additional $3.50 is due at each
weekly weight watchers meeting.
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Classes in castles, theaters
The average classroom, filled with desks,
books and dozing students, will give way to
the Loch Ness castle, London's National
Theater, Nepal and India for winterim part
icipants this year.
A non-credit European sight-seeing tour
and 17 3-credit hour classes are offered
Dec.27-Jan. 13.
This year's schedule also includes
Spanish 202 in Madrid, visits to England
and Italy for the Italian psychology class
and an Architecture 497 study of English
and Scottish castles, said Christia Joy, dir
ector of the Flights and Study torn.
The average cost per class is $750 which
includes round-trip air fare from" Lincoln,
hotel accommodations and breakfast each
day.
The price range extends from $1,500
for the Religious Landscapes of the
Himalayas class, to $650 for the British
Education class, Joy said.
She said students can expect to spend
$7-$ 10 per day on meals and estimated
that most students take a minimum of
$200-$250 with them.
Applications for the tours must be in by
Sept. 25 to insure a position in the class,
Joy said.
She said remaining seats will be available
for $359, about $260 less than the cheap
est regularly scheduled flight. This price
includes only air transportation for
students not taking a Winterim course.
Interested persons can register in Rm.
345 Nebraska Union.
Chamber endorses
liquor on Sunday
The Lincoln Chamber of Commerce went on record
Wednesday in support of liquor by the drink on Sundays
in Lincoln as permitted by state law.
Chamber President Richard White said the organiza
tion "very strongly" supports the move, and will appear
before the Lincoln City Council to present its views.
"We (Lincoln) are almost alone in competition for
conventions with regard to Sunday sales," White said.
He explained that convention business is very important
to the city.
The present law is very inconvenient, and forces
conventions out of the community, White added.
The city council is considering a move that would
allow Sunday liquor licenses for businesses that could
prove over 75 percent of their business is in food sales.
The council will discuss action on the proposal at its
evening meeting Sept. 25.
The chamber considered no motion specifically re
garding the proposal before the council, according to
White.
Mayor Helen Boosalis said the council should look
at both ideas and make the public aware of the situation
before acting on any proposal. She said she will recom
mend public hearings on the matter to the council.
"From what IVe heard so far . . . the people feel that
it's a little discriminatory (the council proposal),"
Boosalis said.
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