MID-MISSISSIPPI DELTA (MS)

COAHOMA, SUNFLOWER, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES

Team Profile Summary

The Mid-Mississippi Delta Place Matters Team (MMD) includes Coahoma, Sunflower, and Washington Counties.  The Team has targeted childhood obesity as the focus of its work. With the reduction in childhood obesity, the assumed consequences would be a reduction in Type II Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease. According to aneki.com, the United States has the highest obesity rate in the world. In 2005, Mississippi's obesity rate of 30.9% was the highest in the nation. The rates are even higher in the African-American population, with obesity rates in boys as high as 49% and 39% in girls.

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For more information and to become involved, please contact:

Team Lead: Lela Keys
Email: lbkeys2@yahoo.com
Phone: (662) 902-9602