{"id":24923,"date":"2010-07-06T22:03:38","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T03:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=24923"},"modified":"2010-07-07T11:59:25","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T16:59:25","slug":"losing-it-with-jillian-the-plunkett-marquez-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/losing-it-with-jillian-the-plunkett-marquez-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing It with Jillian – The Plunkett Marquez Family"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Plunkett-Marquez Family<\/p><\/div>\n

On episode six of Losing it with Jillian<\/a>, Jillian heads to Camp Verde, Arizona, to help a Native American family learn how to follow a better lifestyle.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Plunkett-Marquez family are leaders of the\u00a0Yavapai-Apache Nation tribe.\u00a0The family consists of grandma Delores, the mother, Cora-Lei,\u00a015-year-old son Brandon, seven-year-old daughter Katie\u00a0and Cora-lei\u2019s sister, Delight.\u00a0Cora-Lei\u2019s husband, Brian, has been in Iraq with the Marines for the past year and the family has rallied to support her and their three\u00a0kids. All of the family\u00a0members are overweight and have or are\u00a0at risk for diabetes.<\/p>\n

According to the American Diabetes Association, Native Americans are at greater risk for having the disease than anyone. While six percent of the American population has diabetes<\/a>, the prevalence of diabetes among Native Americans is twice as high.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the week, Jillian works with the\u00a0family helping them to swap out fried bread, logs of processed cheese and lard for much healthier plant-based and leaner options, which are the traditional foods of the Native American Indians. In addition, she holds a\u00a0community seminar to discuss lifestyle behaviors to prevent diabetes, but only 20 people among the tribe’s 2,000 members attend.<\/p>\n

Feeling frustrated but not surrendering, Jillian teams up with Cora-Lei and a daycare center teacher to start a walking program. This time, her tough-love and well-intentioned efforts pay off as more than 100 tribal members show up to join the walking group.<\/p>\n

When Jillian returns six weeks later she finds that the entire Plunkett-Marquez\u00a0family has taken their role as leaders of the Yavapai-Apache Nation tribe very seriously. As\u00a0healthy models for the community, the family collectively lost 150 pounds: Delight lost 30 pounds, Brandon lost 52 pounds, and Cora-Lei lost 33 pounds.<\/p>\n

And in honoring the sharing spirit of the Native American culture, Cora-Lei announces that the\u00a0entire Yavapai-Apache Nation tribe will have access to a five-week personal training program to help them get in shape, eat healthier and stave off diabetes.\u00a0Jillian shows her enthusiastic\u00a0support of this healthy initiative by writing a check from the Jillian Michaels<\/a> Fund to pay for the entire program.<\/p>\n

Catch Losing It with Jillian<\/a> each Tuesday night at 8\/7c on NBC.<\/p>\n

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