Healthy Living in 2014

This April, the Huntington Public Library will focus on providing valuable resources to our community on how to best combat the obesity epidemic during our Huntington Highlights 2014:  Healthy Living. We are proud to have Dr. Dana Telem, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Associate Director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center at the Stony Brook School of Medicine kicking off our extensive slate of week-long programming on Sunday, March 30. This center serves as Long Island’s information resource through public education programs to fulfill their mission of helping children and adolescents achieve safe weight loss and successfully maintain a healthy weight throughout their lives.

Other notable programs include a presentation from Dr. David Buchin, Director of Bariatric Surgery at Huntington Hospital and Dr. Pena, Director of the Weight Management Center of Syosset Hospital on Thursday, April 3, who will discuss the special challenges senior citizens face in the fight to maintain healthy weight. Besides informative lectures by these noted doctors, Simply Creative Chef Rob Scott, will be here to demonstrate how rich chocolate desserts can be healthy and how teens can make popular Panini sandwiches using wholesome and delicious ingredients. There will be special bilingual Spanish/English lectures at the Station Branch by a registered dietician and a certified diabetes educator focusing on positive food choices. Children will learn how to plant seeds to grow their own healthy garden of vegetables, how to make vegetarian sushi rolls, and will have fun movement classes to keep little feet jumping around.