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Community-wide effort leads to healthier lifestyles.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 24-OCT-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Community-wide effort leads to healthier lifestyles.(Healthcare Mississippi)

Article Excerpt
GREENVILLE -- Folks in Washington County have lost a lot. Of weight, that is.

Washington County was the site of one of 10 innovative pilot programs in Mississippi that made combating obesity with more exercise and better eating habits a community-wide effort.

Approximately a thousand people in Washington County participated in the group exercise that ran from January 15 through March 7. The 341 people who stuck with the program from the beginning to end lost 673 pounds total, said Maci Flautt, extension associate with Mississippi State University (MSU) Extension agromedicine program.

"We plan to follow up contacting them in six months, a year and two years to see how they are doing," Flautt said. "We are...

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