I no need go doctah to tell me that I have a problem. More than 400 people of all ethnicities have gone through the statewide program sponsored by Lili'uokalani Trust. The doctors are telling them something they already know, but they have no control of that. Health, thy name is change. By George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin George Kusumoto's new passion for poi has helped get him off insulin injections and lowered his cholesterol.
People know they're supposed to eat less fat and junk foods, and exercise more.
And, because obese people have higher rates of heart disease and diabetes. Enter Chanel Ka'eo, Kawehi Shiroma, Bill Kusumoto and Ruth Payne. Ka'eo and Shiroma are high school seniors who exercise together and have lost a total of 105 pounds since December. Payne is a Waikiki substitute teacher who dropped 10 dress sizes by substituting fad diets with homemade fresh vegetable soups. Ka'eo was humiliated when she came in dead last in a three-mile run at Kamehameha Schools.