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(Clinton) -- Clinton is under consideration for a second round of demonstration sites focused on helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.

Clinton has a second chance to become a Blue Zones demonstration site. Earlier four communities were selected as the first sites for the program to promote healthy lifestyles and today a dozen communities over ten-thousand in population were selected for consideration in the second round. Clinton made the list for consideration in this round.

One of the leaders of the local effort is Hy-Vee Dietician Beth Freehill said "we are very exited." Freehill says on of the first efforts now is to stress community involvement through registering support on-line. She says Clinton is at about 12-percent support in the on-line program and wants to get to 20-percent.

She says the concept is to have a community where people live a happy, healthier and longer life.

Freehill is part of a group of people who have been working on the project for months. She said 'it's great to see their hard work paid off," but there are also a lot of people who have been working on the project."

In addition to Clinton – other large cities included in the second round consideration are. - Altoona - Burlington - Cedar Rapids – Davenport – Dubuque - Iowa City – Marion – Muscatine – Ottumwa – Oskaloosa - Sioux City Mason City, Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Spencer were chosen as the first sites earlier this year.

Also today-nine smaller communities were chosen as Blue Zones demonstration sites for communities under ten-thousand population. Osage, Algona Audubon, Decorah, Fairfield, Harlan, Red Oak, Spirit Lake and Woodbine were the communities chosen in that category.

Written 10/9/2012 by Dave Vickers - KROS News

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