Thursday, May 28, 2015

Tackling obesity for 'the body of Christ': a Mississippi pastor's healthy mission

Healthcare professionals have learned that weight loss efforts can be much more effective when led by a trusted guide – and that person may not be a doctor

Pastor Joe Wilcots knew it was time to lose weight when he glanced at a photo of himself at a church function and thought: “Who is that fat little man?”

He’d already noticed some members of his flock, at Disciples of Christ church about an hour from Jackson, Mississippi, were unhealthily heavy; one man weighed nearly 450 pounds. And that was hard to see. “As a pastor when you look out over the congregation and see people overweight, then you want to help them,” said Wilcots.

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