Rising obesity rates among East Flatbush, Brooklyn residents and the health challenges that come with it, has spurred the development of a no-cost fitness initiative – ‘FITBK.’ In 2009, 24.5% of East Flatbush residents were identified as obese and 11.8 were identified as diabetic (Center for the Study of Brooklyn, 2012), a trend that has continued to worsen as rates of obesity reach alarming heights across Brooklyn and NYS.

“Obesity is the second cause of preventable death in the United States after cigarette smoking,” said Dr. Andre K. Peck, Executive Director of HCC. “Our hope is to see people change their lifestyle from sedentary to a more active one, as well as to make better nutritional choices.”

FITBK provides weekly results-driven fitness and health education sessions, helping participants to set and accomplish personal fitness goals.

Besides helping you lose weight, exercise is important because it helps combat health conditions and diseases (such as heart disease or high blood pressure), it gives you energy (yes it does!), helps improve mood (more happy days), improves sleep and it provides many other positive life changes. More importantly, it bring out the better self in you.

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