St. Mary’s Wellness Center is conducting weight management classes for Athens-area residents.

The class, Healthy Weight Management, provides information on choosing to eat a nutritionally dense diet; finding an enjoyable exercise activity and finding ways to keep weight off.

Classes meet from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and cost $60. For more information, contact St. Mary’s Wellness Center at (706) 389-3355 or visit the center’s Web site at www.stmarysathens.org.source

Another weight management class

dubbed as Weigh Down Workshop which was getting some publicity via TV shows such as “The Tyra Banks Show”, combines Bible lessons with weight loss lessons.

A free orientation program that incorporates weight loss with Bible lessons takes place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bay County Community Center, 800 John F. Kennedy Drive.source