A new initiative targeting obesity in south Auckland is helping save lives, Newshub reports, thanks to the introduction of gym-based GP services. The BBM gym programme ‘From the Couch’ is free and targets high-risk patients who are severely overweight. “When I was 210kg and hated my life, there were people there that gave me a hand up,” says life coach Dave Letele. “That’s all we’re doing here is paying it forward on a mass scale.” But the space is more than just a gym – because participants can see a GP, nurse or health coach at the same time.
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