Stonecroft Ministries talk grief, weight loss ... and staying grateful in Shelly Beach
Stonecroft Ministries hosted a meeting featuring a medical doctor discussing weight loss management and a police captain sharing a personal testimony of faith. The event focused on health, resilience, and finding spiritual strength during difficult life transitions.
Why it matters
The meeting highlights the role of community organizations in providing both practical health information and emotional support to their members.
Stonecroft members enjoyed talks from a medical doctor and police captain at the August meeting.
Dr Lizel Gagiano spoke about managing weight loss and, with a big smile, asked for everyone's permission to address such a sensitive topic.
She opened by medically defining obesity, adding that it was a chronic, complicated disease that had numerous adverse effects on one’s general health.
Martjie Nel with a cup of coffee.
She said that it needed to be managed by diet, lifestyle changes and exercise to reduce the excess weight, also stressing that the obese needed compassion as it was a very difficult long-term journey.
Lizel spoke on the use of weight loss injections, known colloquially as ‘pens’.
She said GLP-1 receptor agonists are medications which were initially formulated for diabetes control but are now increasingly used to aid significant weight loss.
Guest speaker Captain Heidi Slabbert (left) and Bronwyn Hess.
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