<div dir="ltr">Information that you may want to participate in. Thank you.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Blake, Lou Ann</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:LBlake@nfb.org">LBlake@nfb.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 2:53 PM<br>Subject: Legally blind adults needed for free weight-loss program conducted by researchers at Towson University<br>To: State President, Georgia <<a href="mailto:dgriffin@nfbga.org">dgriffin@nfbga.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I hope you are well. I would appreciate it if you would post the below announcement to the Georgia affiliate email list. This research has been reviewed and approved by our research
advisory council. Thank you!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_2988145567874899477__Hlk110592038">The below research participant solicitation is being provided for informational purposes only. The National Federation of the Blind has no involvement in this research, but we believe that it may contribute to our
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>At Towson University we are offering a free, 8-week weight loss program for adults who are legally blind. The program is part of a study, and everybody gets the weight loss program. As soon as somebody
completes the screening process they are enrolled, and their program would start. All participants get a free scale. The scale does not talk, but your weight will be sent to you via text on your phone. The weight loss program focuses on helping you reduce
a few high calorie, low nutrition foods from your diet to help with weight loss. There is potential for a $25 gift card for participation. To learn more, contact the Physical Activity and Public Health Lab at
</span><a href="mailto:paphl@towson.edu" target="_blank"><span>paphl@towson.edu</span><span></span></a><span>.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lou Ann Blake, J.D.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dorothy Griffin - President <div>National Federation of the Blind of Georgia</div><div><a href="mailto:dgriffin@nfbga.org" target="_blank">dgriffin@nfbga.org</a></div><div>770-374-4832</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span></p></div><div><span><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>