Retailers, NGOs and Food and Beverage Industry Launch National Initiative to Help Reduce Obesity
childhood obesity – by 2015. The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation will promote ways to help people achieve a healthy weight through energy balance. It focuses on three critical areas – the marketplace, the workplace and schools.
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Food Industry Launches Initiative To Help Reduce Obesity
An unprecedented coalition of more than 40 food and beverage manufacturers, retailers, and non-governmental organizations have launched the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation.
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation Introduced
Kellogg Co. Chief Executive Officer David Mackay announced a $20 million anti-obesity campaign to encourage some of the world’s largest food makers to reconsider the way they sell their products.
Coalition Aims to Reduce Obesity
Retailers, the food and beverage industry and nonprofits launched on Monday the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a partnership aimed at fighting obesity.
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation Introduced
WASHINGTON - A food and beverage industry coalition formed to battle obesity is set to launch here this morning.
Brownback Applauds Launch of Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today applauded the launch of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation.
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- Scott Openshaw
- Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation
- 1350 I Street N.W., Suite 300
- Washington, D.C. 20005
- Office: (202) 295-3957
- SOpenshaw@gmaonline.org
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"Our industry is uniquely positioned to serve as a catalyst for addressing the very complex, global problem of obesity. The Healthy Weight Commitment plan that is emerging is aggressive—exactly what we need to make an impact on an issue so important to the overall health and well-being of adults and children. We already know that the solution lies in helping individuals achieve energy balance and that behavior and environment play a key role. It will be critical to inspire others to join with us to commit for the long term."
