Family Circle and Partnership for a Healthier America Kick Off 2012 Childhood Obesity Roundtable Series in Atlanta
Family Circle Editor in Chief Linda Fears moderates panel focused on solutions to food access, included representatives from PHA, CBS Atlanta, the Georgia Food Industry Association and DeKalb County
ATLANTA, G.A (March 30, 2012) – The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) and Family Circle magazine Wednesday hosted the first in a series of solutions-oriented roundtable discussions about the childhood obesity crisis. PHA works with honorary chair First Lady Michelle Obama and the private sector to end the childhood obesity epidemic within the next generation, and Family Circle magazine has committed itself to giving moms of tweens and teens the information they need to raise healthy children by offering practical advice and delicious weeknight meal ideas.
“Today, a third of children in the U.S. are overweight or obese,” said Lawrence A. Soler, PHA CEO and President. “We must all work together to reduce these rates. We are thrilled to team up with Family Circle magazine and leading experts nationwide to lead solutions-oriented discussions on how to tackle this epidemic together. This is just one of several ways that PHA is working to end childhood obesity.”
Wednesday’s discussion focused on access to healthy, affordable food, and brought together some of the nation’s leading experts, including DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis; Kathy Kuzava, president of the Georgia Food Industry Association; PHA board chair Dr. James R. Gavin, III, MD, PhD; and CBS Atlanta news anchor Stephany Fisher, to discuss best practices and innovative solutions.
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About Partnership for a Healthier America
The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) is devoted to working with the private sector to ensure the health of our nation’s youth by solving the childhood obesity crisis. In 2010, PHA was created in conjunction with – but independent from – First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! effort. PHA is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that is led by some of the nation’s most respected health and childhood obesity experts. PHA brings together public, private and nonprofit leaders to broker meaningful commitments and develop strategies to end childhood obesity. Most important, PHA ensures that commitments made are commitments kept by working with unbiased, third parties to monitor and publicly report on the progress our partners are making. For more information about PHA, please visit www.aHealthierAmerica.org and follow PHA on Twitter @PHAnews.
About Family Circle
Published 12 times a year by Meredith Corporation, with a circulation rate base of 4 million and an audience of over 19 million readers, Family Circle is one of the most widely read monthly magazines in the world. Family Circle provides smart relevant advice, sensible solutions, and inspiration in a voice that encourages and celebrates success in its pages and online at www.familycircle.com. Family Circle has always been committed to women’s issues and in 1973 became the first women’s magazine to fully underwrite a professional women’s sporting event, the Family Circle Cup, an annual women’s tennis tournament held in April in Charleston, S.C., at Family Circle Magazine Stadium. For more information about Family Circle, please visit FamilyCircle.com and follow Family Circle on Twitter @FamilyCircle.