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Initiative for a Healthy Weight Program

3 Capitol Hill, Room 408
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: 401-222-1087
Fax: 401-222-4415
Email:
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Initiative for a Healthy Weight

Stay fit, eat healthy!

The Rhode Island Department of Health is working with state and community partners on this three-year obesity prevention and control program. Find out how we are helping Rhode Islanders eat healthy and stay active.

Highlights

$305 Million Annual Medical Cost of Obesity in Rhode Island
Media Release: January 21, 2004

Rhode Island Obesity Control Program: A Public Health Approach to Addressing Overweight and Obesity Among Children and Adults
August 2002

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