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Hingham Makes List of Most Fit Towns

Hingham was ranked the 56th most fit town in the state with only 24.6 percent of overweight students.

Hingham has some of the least overweight children in the state, according to data taken from students in grades 1, 4, 7, and 10.

Hingham was ranked the 56th most fit town in the Commonwealth with 24.6 percent of overweight students, according to the list on WCVB.com.

The rankings were based on data taken from the Department of Public Health. The information was taken from Body Mass Screening that was performed in the 254 school districts from 2009 to 2011.  

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South Shore Regional Vocational Technical in Hanover ranked No. 1 on the list with only 8.8 percent of overweight students. Cohasset  was listed at No. 6, Silver Lake Regional in Kingston was ranked No. 19, Scituate was 21st and Duxbury was 31st.

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