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RI fitness program founder plans to expand program

Published: November 9, 2009 11:06 AM
By The Associated Press  ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press Writer)

Quick ReadMedical student who founded RI fitness program wants more low-income residents to join up

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — There's no muscle-bound instructor snarling for another pull-up or large cash prize offered to the person who sheds the most pounds.

Even so, about 35,000 Rhode Islanders have competed over the last four years in their own, quieter variation of "The Biggest Loser," joining a statewide weight loss and fitness challenge founded by a Brown University medical student.

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