Have questions about weight loss, nutrition and obesity? We will have the answers Wednesday.

        The Enquirer hosts its first live Internet chat to give readers more information about weight loss, health and the Cincinnati Diet, a weight-loss plan designed in cooperation with the Jewish Hospital Weight Management Center in Evendale. The diet is a low-fat, balanced meal plan that allows you to lose weight and still eat at some of your favorite Cincinnati restaurants.

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• To participate with health experts in the 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. chat Wednesday, go to Cincinnati.Com, and enter the keyword Fat City.         • To read Peggy O'Farrell's Fat City project or the Cincinnati Diet, go to Cincinnati.Com/health/fatcity.html.

        Here are our chat room experts:

        • Susan Sewell, registered dietitian with Jewish Hospital Weight Management Center and the designer of the Cincinnati Diet.

        • Gary Weiler, a behavioral counselor with Jewish Hospital Weight Management Center. Mr. Weiler counsels clients on how to manage emotions that spur the urge to overeat.

        • Dr. Roberta Erena, a cardiologist with Comprehensive Cardiology Consultants Inc.

        • Dr. Eugene S. Chung, a cardiologist with the Ohio Heart Health Center.

        • Karen H. King, clinical services program director at UC Physicians Weight Management Center. Ms. King is a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist and treats patients with depression, impulse disorders, addictions and eating disorders.

        • Peggy O'Farrell, the Enquirer's personal health and fitness reporter, and writer of the “Fat City” series that ran in January.

        Obesity is a serious health issue in the Tristate, where three out of 10 residents are overweight, and one in five face serious health problems because of their obesity.

        Cardiovascular disease and stroke, diabetes, some forms of cancer, musculoskeletal problems and a host of other ailments are among the complications of obesity. The federal government says more than 60 percent of Americans are overweight.
       

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