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WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Health is launching a new campaign to help reduce the impact of chronic disease in the state.
At a Tuesday event in Waterbury, Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Chen said Vermonters are more likely to die from preventable chronic diseases than from all other causes of death combined.
The new campaign called 3-4-50 emphasizes that lack of physical activity, poor diet and tobacco use all contribute to the chronic diseases cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and lung disease, which result in more than half of all deaths.
Chen says the campaign is designed to make changes in workplaces, businesses, schools and communities to make healthy choices.
A new website includes statewide data and information on how chronic disease disproportionately affects different groups of Vermonters.
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