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Hometown Wellness Showdown results

Posted by Elizabeth Comeau  October 15, 2012 03:10 PM
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Congratulations to all 2,513 of you who participated in our challenge with Lose It and 30+ area YMCAs!

You all did some serious work, but in the end, the town of Marblehead gets the name of "healthiest town in Eastern Massachusetts" while the Lynch/ van Otterloo YMCA (in Marblehead) won the battle on the Y side of the competition.

Here are some more of your impressive stats:
Total weight lost: 1,924.29
Total calories burned: 5,076,692
Total points: 339,767

Here's the final breakdown and scores for the top towns and YMCAs: (Check here for all the final scores, which will be up for one more day)

Towns:
1. Marblehead 24,761
2. Salem 21,248
3. Melrose 15,685
4. Beverly 12,643
5. Lynn 12,116

YMCAs:
1. Lync/van Otterloo (Marblehead) 37,044
2. Mill Pond (Hanover) 18,130
3. Salem 17,505
4. Greater Beverly 15,838
5. Melrose Family 14,735

Nice job, everyone! Many congrats to the winners!

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