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Making Healthier Choices at CMHSR

Date Posted: August 14, 2012
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Photo by Linda Harrington
During one of the Center for Mental Health Services Research’s wellness initiative events, a fitness consultant explained how to use exercise bands while sitting in your office chair.

CMHSR staff make healthier choices, together
Group takes small steps to better health through innovative wellness initiative

By Malorye Branca, published Aug 13, 2012 UMassmed Now, vol2, iss33

 

UMass Medical School Communications

 

The “Get Fit at CMHSR: One Step at a Time” wellness program started from a simple idea. “We wanted something everyone could participate in, no matter what their level of health and fitness to start with,” said Carole Puleo, project assistant II at UMMS’s Center for Mental Health Services Research (CMHSR) at Worcester State Hospital. Puleo’s partner on the project was Linda Harrington, academic administer in Department of Psychiatry and the CMHSR/Communities of Care.

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