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Combating Obesity: Army, Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation Work Together to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Choices
WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Army Accessions Command (USAAC) and the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) today announced a partnership aimed at countering the trend toward obesity among young people that could – among other downsides – diminish the pool of qualified young Americans available for military duty.
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation Announces PGA As 100th Member
PGA of America extends impact of First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign to reduce childhood obesity
WASHINGTON – The “Michelle Obama effect” continued to grow interest and support for efforts to curb obesity as the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) announced today that The PGA of America has become the Foundation’s 100th member.
The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation Joins Morning Show ‘The Balancing Act’ Airing on Lifetime Television
Air Dates are August 23 and September 27, 2010
(Pompano Beach, FL) — The Balancing Act welcomes the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF), a CEO-led organization launched in October 2009. The HWCF is engaged in a national multi-year effort designed to help reduce obesity—especially childhood obesity – by 2015. Special guest Lisa Gable, the Foundation’s Executive Director, also joins the show to share with viewers the problems associated with obesity – and some solutions. Make sure you tune in to The Balancing Act on August 23 at 7:00am (ET/PT) and September 27 at 7:00am (ET/PT) as they air on Lifetime Television.
Food and Beverage Manufacturers Pledging to Reduce Annual Calories By 1.5 Trillion By 2015
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation Signs Agreement with the Partnership for a Healthier America
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) today joined First Lady Michelle Obama and the Partnership for a Healthier America in announcing its new pledge to reduce annual calories by 1.5 trillion by the end of 2015, and sustain that level.
Photo: Michelle Obama with James Gavin, center, chairman of the Partnership for a Healthier America and David MacKay, chief executive officer of Kellogg Co. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation Forms Partnership with Discovery Education and Meredith Corporation to Fight Childhood Obesity
Rising Childhood Obesity Epidemic to Affect 20% of Children in the United States by Year’s End
Good Health is Good Business: New Website Promotes Healthy Workforce Culture
Good Health is Good Business: New Website Promotes Healthy Workforce Culture
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Small and medium-sized companies seeking to promote a healthy workplace culture and help employees to pursue a healthy lifestyle will get support from a new website brought to you by the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) with its partner the National Business Group on Health.