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(KAIR) -- When the news came out a few years ago that Atchison County ranked last in the state in health behaviors in a national survey, efforts began to turn that trend around.
Among that included the creation a committee by the Atchison Hospital “Live Well, Live Atchison.”
The county’s ranking has gone upward in subsequent years and more people are making a commitment to changing their lifestyle, whether its eating or in exercise.
This month, the City of Atchison made a commitment to apply for a grant for the possible expansion of trails in the community and in the county.
Several programs are also seeing a greater amount of participation.
One is the “Body Transformation Challenge” by Body & Soul Nutrition.
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That’s Brooke Johnson, Body & Soul’s owner.
This program has 115 people signed up for it, which includes a cross-section of people ages 20 through their 60s.
Johnson says the challenge features several different aspects.
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She says of those people many made the commitment well before any New Year’s Resolutions were even considered.
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One of those people is Sarah Hill.
She’s accomplished and plans to accomplish many more goals.
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Hill says she plans to expand the challenge by opening a store in Doniphan County by Highland Community College.
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