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Article: Ohio among four states in weight-loss study Military's health-care goal is to find ways to prevent the weight gain. Volunteers being sought.
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- October 8, 2006
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Ohio is among four states where TRICARE, the U.S. military's
health plan for personnel and their dependents, is recruiting
overweight adults to participate in a free weight-management study.
Non-active duty TRICARE Prime beneficiaries may be eligible for
the HEALTH study, which stands for Healthy Eating and Active Living
in TRICARE Households.
"We are currently recruiting. We have over 1,100 enrolled and we
are looking to reach our goal of 3,000 participants," said Julia
Kish, HEALTH marketing director for RTI International, which is
conducting the study with the Cooper Institute.
The study, also being done in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, will
help eligible participants set weight-loss ...