‘Battle of the Bulge’ starts
NZPA-AP Cleveland Some small towns aspire to bigger things. But folks in Cleveland, Tennessee, hope to get even smaller — about 5M kilograms smaller. In a modern-day Battle of the Bulge, about 200 people in Cleveland — population 26,400 — and surrounding Bradley County are competing with residents of Sac County, fowa, to see who can shed the most. The competition is designed to promote the benefits of proper nutrition and exercise. “The county that loses has to fly the flag of the other county for 30 days," says Bob Taylor, head of the Cleveland-Brad-ley Chamber of Commerce Wellness Committee, which is sponsoring the effort. Sac County, a farming region of about 14,000 people in northwest lowa, organised a mass slim-down two years ago to bolster morale during the farm crisis, says Shirley Phillips, director of the Sac County Economic and Tourism Development Council.
Last year, nearly 800 participants walked or biked 460,000 km and lost 2923 kg.
Whichever team loses the greatest percentage of weight by June 24 wins.
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