EXHIBIT 23

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Hooper Holmes, Inc.

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form
S-8 (No. 333-57771, No. 33-53086 and No. 333-04785) of Hooper Holmes, Inc. of
our report dated February 26, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Hooper Holmes, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and
the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000,
which report appears in the December 31, 2000, annual report on Form 10-K of
Hooper Holmes, Inc.


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March 30, 2001