Meeting Waters YMCA, New Hampshire Public Television and Vermont Public Television, are teaming up to present “FAT: What No One is Telling You” which airs for the first time on Wednesday, April 11th at 9pm. The show–the second in a four-part series on health issues in America–will explore the myriad of psychological, physiological, and environmental factors that can make it so tough to shed pounds and keep them off. It will highlight new scientific knowledge about hunger, eating and human metabolic operations.

The program is the second in a four-part series created through a national partnership between Public Broadcasting System and YMCA of the USA, the national resource center supporting the 2,617 independent YMCAs in America. The series was developed in support of each organization’s public health campaigns–“Take One Step” from PBS and “Activate America” from YMCA of the USA. In February, PBS and Meeting Waters YMCA presented “The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America.”

In conjunction with the airing of the PBS documentary, Laura Sperazi and Sue Fortier of the Meeting Waters YMCA will host two group discussions–one in Springfield and one in Bellows Falls–on personal choices and local resources to help maintain a healthy lifestyle. On Thursday, April 19th, Sperazi and Fortier will host a discussion in Bellows Falls. This event will be held at the Meeting Waters YMCA’s Bellows Falls’ facility on Atkinson Street from 6:30-8:00 pm. A second community discussion will be held on Thursday, April 26th in Springfield Hospital’s Level B Conference Room from 6:30-8:00 pm. Sperazi, who serves as Meeting Waters YMCA’s coordinator for the PBS-YMCA partnership, and Fortier, MWYMCA’s Senior Program Director and Coordinator of its new Activate Windham County public health initiative, will also guide participants through an action planning process for attaining and sustaining a healthier lifestyle.

Both events are free and open to the public. These local activities are funded in part by a grant from the Holt Fund.

For more information about “FAT: What No One is Telling You” events or Activate Windham County, please visit www.meetingwatersymca.org, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call the Meeting Waters YMCA office nearest you (Brattleboro: 246-1036; Bellows Falls: 463-4769 or Springfield: 885-8131).