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State sees first decline in adolescent obesity in 10 years

MBJ Staff — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:19:30 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s obesity rate in high school students (grades 9-12) has dropped by 12.7 percent, knocking the state’s teens out of the number one spot down to number five in obesity nationwide. Mississippi’s 2011 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey found the rate of obesity among Mississippi high school students to be 16.5 percent, down [...]

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Report: Nearly 70% of state’s residents will be obese by 2030

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:06:39 +0000

NEW YORK — A group campaigning against obesity predicts that by 2030 more than half the people in 39 states will be obese — not merely overweight, but obese. Mississippi is expected to retain its crown as the fattest state in the nation for at least two more decades. The report predicts 67 percent of [...]

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County first to offer ‘Exercise is Medicine’ program

Associated Press — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:50:25 +0000

RANKIN COUNTY — A new exercise and education program coordinated by the American College of Sports Medicine is starting up in Rankin County. The Clarion-Ledger reports Mississippi is the first state in the Exercise is Medicine Network, which strives to make exercise a standard part of disease prevention and treatment. The network’s adviser, Phil Trotter, [...]

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Mayor wants vote on proposed sports complex

Associated Press — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:02:05 +0000

VICKSBURG — Mayor Paul Winfield has resurrected his plan for a sports complex and wants to put it before the voters on the June 2013 ballot. The Vicksburg Post reports in a meeting last week on the budget for fiscal year 2012-13 fiscal year budget Winfield said he would introduce the issue to the three-member [...]

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City accepting bids to construct $11.3M aquatic center

Associated Press — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:36:33 +0000

TUPELO — The city of Tupelo has issued a call for bids on the estimated $11.3 million indoor aquatic center. Companies have until May 1 to submit proposals. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports construction could start by July if the city can pick a general contractor this spring. Construction is expected to take 14 [...]

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Work to begin on The Esplanade wellness complex

Associated Press — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:35:08 +0000

MADISON — Work will begin in October on athletic fields and a sports training facility, the first phase of The Esplanade, a multi-million-dollar health and wellness complex on 110 acres owned by St. Dominic Hospital in Madison County. Lester Diamond, executive vice president for operations for St. Dominic, tells The Clarion-Ledger the public-private partnership is [...]

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