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What’s New with Let’s Move! "Weight of the Nation": What's Weighing Heavily On Our Health (3262 hits)

Posted by Lindsay Matthews

This week – May 7th thru 9th – the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hosts “Weight of the Nation,” a forum acknowledging the progress of policy changes and the role of environmental strategies in obesity control and prevention.

Focusing specifically on: early care and education, states, tribes and communities, medical care, schools and workplaces, this Washington-based conversation has sparked national attention. Startling statistics forecast that by 2030 42% of Americans will be obese. First Lady Michelle Obama, Let’s Move! and others work tirelessly to change those odds for America’s youth.

More: http://www.letsmove.gov/


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Wednesday, May 9th 2012 at 2:07PM
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I'm definitely inspired not just by First Lady Obama, but these older women who I see walking in the work place basement at least twice a day 5 days a week while we're at work. Now that's a way to get fit. Our workplace basement is huge!


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