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September 8, 2011

Leaders from Across the Country Gather to Address Childhood Obesity

Summit will offer strategies for preventing obesity on a budget; four policymakers to be honored for exceptional leadership

Twitter Lead: Leaders address #obesity #prevention, #economy @RJWF @LHCommunities #LHCObesitySummit in #WDC #DC http://tinyurl.com/lhcsummit

Washington, DC – As leaders in Congress and statehouses nationwide make tough choices about the economic future of our country, more than 200 elected and appointed officials and other policy leaders from across the nation will convene in our nation’s capital for the 2011 Leadership for Healthy Communities Childhood Obesity Prevention Summit. Representing states, schools and localities nationwide, participants will address the significant social and economic benefits of preventing and reducing childhood obesity, and the importance of making it a policy priority in challenging economic times. Full summit agenda: http://tinyurl.com/lhcsummit

Washington, D.C., Feb. 16, 2010 – Seven organizations representing policy-makers from across the country have received a total of nearly $2 million in grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to help communities increase children’s access to affordable healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that President Barack Obama recently signed into law can be used to support projects that curtail the childhood obesity epidemic, according to a policy brief that Leadership for Healthy Communities released to the public today.