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Plan by former Secretaries Glickman, Leavitt, Shalala and Veneman provides concrete steps to improve country's fiscal health, ensure long-term national security, and increase productivity WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A bipartisan group of former cabinet secretaries released a comprehensive and actionable plan to improve America's physical and fiscal crises, driven by the alarming rates of obesity and chronic disease today. Former Secretaries of Agriculture...
*PLEASE NOTE EVENT TIME CHANGE* WASHINGTON, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will release a report identifying actionable steps the public and private sectors can take to reduce rising health care costs associated with the decline of our nation's physical health and nutrition. Former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman and former U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala and Mike Leavitt will...
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will release a report identifying actionable steps the public and private sectors can take to reduce rising health care costs associated with the decline of our nation's physical health and nutrition. Former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman and former U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala and Mike Leavitt will headline the report release next Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at...
Secretaries Dan Glickman, Mike Leavitt, Donna E. Shalala, Ann M. Veneman Co-Chair the Bipartisan Policy Center's Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Is the food served at our hospitals, hotels, schools, workplaces, movie theatres and sports venues helping to keep Americans healthy? What are the major factors in creating successful workplace wellness programs? These questions will be the focus of a two-day forum...
Secretaries Dan Glickman, Mike Leavitt, Donna E. Shalala, Ann M. Veneman Co-Chair the Bipartisan Policy Center's Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Is the food served at our hospitals, hotels, schools, workplaces, movie theatres and sports venues helping to keep Americans healthy? What are the major factors in creating successful workplace wellness programs? These questions will be the focus of a two-day forum hosted...
Event is part of the Bipartisan Policy Center's New Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative Special Remarks to be given by South Beach Diet Author and Cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston WASHINGTON, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and the University of Miami will jointly host a public forum on the importance of nutrition education and physical activity this Wednesday, April 20, 2011 from 5:00PM to 7:00PM at the University of Miami's Newman Alumni...
Special Remarks to be given by South Beach Diet Author and Cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston WASHINGTON, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and the University of Miami will jointly host a public forum on the importance of nutrition education and physical activity on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the University of Miami's Newman Alumni Center. Today, more than one-third of adults and 17 percent of children in the United...
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To address the more than one third of adults and 17 percent of children in the United States who are obese, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) today launched its newest project, the Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative, co-chaired by former Secretaries of Agriculture Dan Glickman and Ann M. Veneman and former Secretaries of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt and Donna E. Shalala. Over the course of the next year, the...
UNICEF and UN Inter-Agency Panel Release New Figures NEW YORK, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- UNICEF today released new figures that show the rate of deaths of children under five years of age continued to decline in 2008. The data shows a 28 percent decline in the under-five mortality rate, from 90 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990, to 65 deaths per 1000 live births in 2008. According to these estimates, the absolute number of child deaths in 2008 declined to an estimated 8.8...
