WEBWIRE – Friday, October 10, 2008 Dozens of local community partners to participate; free health screenings available HARTFORD, Conn.— Aetna and Pfizer Inc are co-sponsoring a recreational health fair for Hartford families on October 18 to raise awareness of the importance of healthy lifestyles in the family and the community. The free event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine, in Hartford’s Bushnell Park. More than half of adults in Connecticut are overweight or obese. Since 1990, the number of obese adults in Connecticut has nearly doubled, and now one in five adults is obese.1 Approximately one-quarter of Connecticut youth are overweight or obese.2 Hartford County has the highest percentage of obese children, at over 11 percent.3 To help combat this growing obesity epidemic and encourage healthy lifestyles,...
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