Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices

In Christian County, 24.4 percent of the adult population is obese, 31.2 percent gets little to no exercise, 31.7 percent have high blood pressure, and 9.6 percent have diabetes. In an effort to combat this situation, Christian County has organized a Healthy Communities Leadership Coalition. The coalition has developed a program called Hopdown the Pounds. Initially, 396 adults weighed in. During the eight weeks between weigh-ins, two healthy cooking classes, four nutrition classes, and eight exercise classes were offered by the various sponsors. Family and Consumer Sciences Extension offered multiple healthy cooking classes. There were 21 people who attended the first one and 26 the second one. On the final weigh in, 125 participants recorded a total 1,612 pounds lost or an average loss of 12.9 pounds.
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