FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Teresa Fair, ADPH, (334) 206-5226
Rosemary Blackmon, AHA, (800) 489-2542
Eighteen men and women from across the state won cash prizes in the grand prize team prize drawing for Scale Back Alabama participants. The participants’ names were drawn from a group of 1,018 teams on which each participant lost at least 10 pounds. In addition, 40 individual
winners were drawn from a list of individuals whose teams didn’t reach the goal, but the individual did. More than 21,000 Alabamians participated in the 10-week program that resulted in a total statewide weight loss of 76,485 pounds.
“Losing 10 pounds is a great accomplishment and can lead to big health gains such as better blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels to name a few,” said State Health Officer Dr. Tom Miller. “Scale Back Alabama continues to help Alabamians make strides to improve their health year after year.”
“The program is an important public/private partnership that results in thousands of Alabamians getting healthier each year,” said Rosemary Blackmon, executive vice president/COO of the Alabama Hospital Association. “Our hospitals are proud to be a part of this exciting initiative and hope the healthy habits gained during the competition last throughout the year.”
2016 Winners
First Place - $1000 each
- The Adventures of Mad & Sad, Troy, AL
- Plunging Waist Lines, Athens, AL
- Scale Mess, Florence, AL
Second Place - $500 each
- PT&N, Spanish Fort, AL
- Thin it 2 Win it, Vernon, AL
- Hungry Too, Ashford, AL
Third Place - $250 each
- Tons of Buns, Tuscaloosa, AL
- The Hunger Games, Geneva, AL
- Lab Rats, Montgomery, AL
For a complete list of individual and team winners, visit scalebackalabama.com.
2016 stats
- Number of local coordinators - 558
- Total teams participating – 10,826
- Number of individuals participating – 21,652
- Number of teams on which each team member lost 10 pounds – 1018
- Number of individuals who lost any weight – 7642
- Total pounds lost – 76,485
To download footage from the final event:
Instructions for Downloading Files from ADPH FTP Server:
- Open a web browser and go to ftp://ph.state.al.us/
- At the login prompt enter alphtn as the username and alphtn10 as the password and hit enter.
- You are now in the FTP folder. Your files are located there. Drag and drop the files to your computer.
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