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Girl Scouts of the USA, Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation Launch Customized Journeys to Start Young Girls on a Course to Active, Healthy Lifestyles
WASHINGTON D.C. – In its continuing efforts to encourage healthy physical activity and nutritious eating, the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) has entered into a new partnership with Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) to provide a turnkey customization of three Journey books (the national Girl Scout leadership curriculum) that will offer a focus on health and wellness. This will enable Daisies, Brownies and Juniors to learn how to be leaders who take care of themselves and inspire others to do the same.
The partnership will build on the organizations’ areas of proven expertise to reach young girls with information about how to pursue an active, healthy lifestyle.
Students Get Internships to Encourage Family Activities and Family Meals
Eat, Play, Love – and Help Beat America’s Obesity Problem
WASHINGTON D.C. – The biggest threat posed by obesity in America is to young people. So it makes sense to enlist young people to help meet the challenge.
That is exactly what three national organizations concerned about the obesity problem are doing. The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF), United Way Worldwide, and Saatchi & Saatchi are co-sponsoring summer internships for university students.
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation launches national family-centered campaign to curb obesity
Together Counts™ program invites American families to take pledge to work together against obesity
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation – a 160-member organization committed to reducing obesity - especially childhood obesity – today launched a national campaign called the Together Counts™ program that encourages families to eat meals together and engage in physical activities together to help counter obesity and promote good health.
Workplace Wellness Website Expands Content to Address Needs of Small and Mid-Size Business
WASHINGTON D.C. – YourWellnessAdvantage.com, a free workplace wellness resource for small and mid-size businesses from the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, has expanded its online services in response to results from a recent survey of benefits managers. The new services include a Wellness Services Locator, which helps businesses find local providers of wellness, nutrition and fitness programs; a Content Curation service featuring articles and blogs from leading business and benefits management sources; and a community forum where business executives can exchange questions, ideas and best practices.
“Welcome to the NFL” says Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation today welcomed the NFL as the Foundation’s 150th member. This new relationship combines a popular and respected sports icon with a national organization of business and public interest organizations in a common commitment to reducing obesity.
“This is a touchdown for the cause of physical activity among kids,” said HWCF executive director Lisa Gable. “The NFL is not only a symbol of physical fitness and physical activity, but has already proven to be a significant force in curbing obesity among kids, through NFL Play 60.”
Statement by the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation on the One Year Anniversary of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! Campaign
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation today extended its congratulations to First Lady Michelle Obama on the first anniversary of Let’s Move!, her ground-breaking program aimed at eliminating childhood obesity.
“Thanks to the First Lady’s initiative more Americans than ever are conscious of the problem of childhood obesity and committed to help solve it. Her leadership has resulted in a groundswell of support for this cause,” said Lisa Gable, executive director of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation.
Promoting Healthier Communities: United Way, Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation to Work Together to Promote Healthy Lifestyles
WASHINGTON D.C. – United Way Worldwide (UWW) and the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) today announced a partnership aimed at promoting active, healthy lifestyles to combat growth in the obesity rate, especially among young people.
UWW and the HWCF signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide a framework for cooperation to reverse increasing obesity levels in the United States.
ANNIKA Foundation Partners with Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation To Reduce Childhood Obesity
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, ‘nPLAY: New Partnership Launched to Promote Physical Activity Among Young Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) announced today that ‘nPLAY – a coalition of 23 elite athletes from 11 different sports – has joined the Foundation to advance their common goal of supporting physical education and physical activity programs among young people.
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation and Discovery Education Announce Energy Balance Curriculum to Combat Childhood Obesity
Program to reach over 21,000 elementary schools and over 1 million teachers
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.