Winter - January 2012 Newsletter

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January 2012 / WINTER

VOL. #1, ISSUE #1

The GI & Bariatric Nutrition Center, LLC Nancy Lum, RD, LDN Quarterly Newsletter: WINTER - 2012 About Nancy and GIBNC:

Our mission is to greatly improve the quality of our patients' lives by empowering patients through extensive cutting edge nutrition education and providing unique tools necessary for long term weight loss success and the reduction of medical co-morbid conditions. Our primary goal as nutrition experts is to build long term relationships with patients by educating, encouraging, supporting, and leading patients through the journey of permanent lifestyle change.

Nancy Lum, RD, LDN has been practicing since 2001

In this issue:

and has been involved in multiple medical disciplines

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with a concentration in GI and Bariatric Nutrition

 What’s new at GIBNC?

since 2002. She created the Bariatric nutrition

 Stay connected

program at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD in 2003

 NutraMetrix available at select pharmacies

and is currently seeing weight loss and bariatric surgery patients for Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Dr. Isam

 Support Group meeting dates

Hamdallah, and Andrew Averbach located at St Agnes

 Would you like to share your story? Fill out

Hospital in Baltimore, MD along with various medical

this form for patient testimonials.

practitioner referrals.

 Recipes from the holiday party

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." ~ Jim Ryun


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What’s New at GIBNC? Our Website: On January 1st we launched our website: www.nutrition5.com. We are very pleased to offer you this as an additional resource. The website includes information on the services we provide, links, articles, video, events, downloadable forms/ documents/ recipes, www.nutrition5.com

maps to our locations, and more! Be sure to bookmark us and visit often for the most up to date information.

Stay Connected: You can find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/gibnc. Here we will provide information on health, diet and nutrition, share links to articles, recipes, recalls, support group meeting dates, share valuable resources and much, much more!

We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/GIBNC. This is resource will keep you abreast of our office closings or delays as well as feed you the information we share on Facebook.

Our goal is to give you the access to the tools you need to assist you with your journey!


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Support Group Meetings Meeting schedule for 1st Quarter 2012 Location: All meetings are located at St. Agnes, unless otherwise noted below. St. Agnes Hospital, Alagia Auditorium 900 S. Caton Avenue Baltimore, MD Time: 6-7PM, unless otherwise noted below.

January 26 – 7-8 PM; RSVP : Please call 410-601-9355 Topic: How to handle stress management and keep your new years resolution. Location: Northwest Hospital, Owings Room 5401 Old Court Rd, Randallstown, MD 21133

February 6 - Nancy Lum & Dawn O'Meally teach February 20 - Dawn O'Meally teaches March 5 - Cathy Carr-Dadin RN teaches March 19 - Nancy Lum & Dawn O'Meally teach April 2 - Nancy Lum & Dawn O'Meally teach April 16 - Social Worker Bea Flynn teaches

 These group meetings are for patients, their family members and friends. Created to gain support from others who have had surgery or are considering Bariatric surgery (gastric bypass, gastric sleeve or gastric band).  Nancy Lum RD, LDN - Focus on Nutrition 

Cathy Carr Dadin RN, CBN- Focus on Information and Education

 Dr. Dawn O'Meally & Dr. Bea Flynn LCSW- Focus

on Emotional Changes and Needs


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NutraMetrix Vitamins Now available at select pharmacies!!! We are pleased to announce that NutraMetrix is now available at these locations: Independent Drugs Hawthorne Shopping Plaza 28 Kingston RD Middle River, MD Halethorpe Pharmacy 1307 Francis Avenue Halethorpe, MD 21227 Phone# 410-247-3344

You can also order by going to: www.yourvitaminshere.com

Office Hours & Locations: Monday & Wednesday 9am-4pm 700 Geipe Rd., Ste. 203 Catonsville, MD 21228 Thursday 9am-4pm 7625 Maple Lawn Blvd., Ste 145 Fulton, MD 20759

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY: If Baltimore City/County and/or Frederick City/County schools are closed OR delayed due to inclement weather please contact our office on 443-4901240 before venturing out into the elements for appointments and/or classes. If it is a non-school day, such as a class on Saturday or during breaks/holidays, please call the number for the status of these classes. Our voice mail message will be updated at 6AM M-Sa as to whether or not our office is closed. If we are closing or delayed we will contact you within 48 business hours (M-F) to reschedule.

Contact us: : 443-490-1240

: nutritiontruth@gmail.com

WWW.NUTRITION5.COM


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