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amily physician Paul R. Ehrmann,
D.O., is on a mission to improve
the health of residents in com-
munities across the state through an
initiative he developed a few years
ago and continues to spread across
Southeast Michigan.
“The three cornerstones of good
health start with improved nutrition,
exercise and lifestyle behavior,” says
Ehrmann of West Bloomfield, a doctor
for nearly 40 years and a member of
Volunteers teach about bone health in Flint.
Congregation B’nai Moshe .
“Nutrition is a great place to start. If
we can teach people how to eat right that
Hamady Brothers partnered with the
really puts them in a very good position
event, which coincided with the grand
to stay healthy and encourages them to
opening of the first Hamady Complete
move on to other healthy activities and
Food Store in 25 years. Ehrmann says
behavior.”
the store is a significant step in improv-
Ehrmann’s pro-
ing access and availability of fresh fruit,
gram, HealthyTown
vegetables and other whole foods in the
Everywhere, is a com-
northwest Flint community. There, limited
munity-based health
access to nutritious and affordable food
and wellness initiative
has contributed to high rates of obesity,
founded in 2014 that
often leading to an increased incidence
focuses on optimiz-
of chronic diseases such as diabetes, high
ing health by working
blood pressure and heart disease.
toward
achieving
Ehrmann says the mission of
Paul Ehrmann
healthy weight by
HealthyTown Everywhere is to have physi-
improving nutrition,
cians in training and in practice partner
exercise and lifestyle behavior education
with allied health professionals to repli-
in individuals, families and communities.
cate, execute and sustain a healthy living
The program was initially piloted
program in their own practice community
that promotes a culture of wellness where
in Royal Oak with success and has
they live, work and play.
recently expanded its outreach efforts to
He hopes the Flint event leads to
Genesee County in Flint with an event
continued efforts in the region. “In each
during August with volunteer students,
community where we have introduced
physicians and registered dieticians
HealthyTown Everywhere, I like to think of
from Ascension/Genesys, Michigan
our effort as a catalyst to getting residents
State University College of Osteopathic
to think about eating right, moving more
Medicine, Central Michigan University,
and living well.
Oakland University/William Beaumont
“We recognize we need to sustain the
Hospital School of Medicine and Wayne
message to have improved outcomes,”
State University.
Nicole LeClair, a third-year MSU medi-
he says. “Our efforts serve as a start
cal student and Flint native, sees events
toward that effort, building strong inter-
like HealthyTown Everywhere as a way to
professional cooperative health teams on
give back to her community.
the way, delivering the best value to the
“I was born and raised in Flint. There
people we serve.”
are not enough doctors here. I decided to
Plans for HealthyTown Everywhere
stay to help the people in my community,” include expanding the initiative through-
LeClair says.
out the state by identifying “champions”
The HealthyTown Everywhere event
to lead the program within their own
included a fun walk with the help of walk- practice community. That includes work-
withadoc.org, grocery tours run by regis-
ing with local stakeholders to build mod-
els and tailoring the program to suit the
tered and student dieticians, and a health
needs of their respective communities.
fair offering screenings for blood sugar,
“We want to expand our collective
blood pressure and Body Mass Index
group effort, offering our services to
(BMI). A mini medical school program
jump-start the health of the communities
was offered through a partnership with
we serve,” Ehrmann says.
the nonprofit Michigan Health Council
To learn more, visit healthytownev-
that engages children in interactive health
activities, encourages healthy lifestyle hab- erywhere.org. •
its and promotes careers in health care.