Nearly two thousand people are expected Tuesday for the weigh-in, as Heartland Health presents the K-Jo 105.5 Pound Plunge.

Tama Wagner of Heartland Health tells us the plunge has an impressive track record.

“We actually have seen a slight decrease in the obesity rate in this area,” Wagner said, “which is remarkable because the national average obesity rate continues to go up.”

“This is one of those programs that aims right at that risk factor: we’re more obese than the state and national average, and this program really works to reduce that risk factor.”

Wagner says over the last eight years of the program, about 12,000 people have lost a total of more than 80,000 pounds.

The weigh-in Tuesday will be at the new St Joseph REC Center, 2701 Southwest Parkway.

For more information, visit the Pound Plunge Web site here.