IMPORTANT UPDATES FROM THE
CAMPAIGN TO END OBESITY
1 – Senate HELP Committee
Hearing on Childhood Obesity
On Wednesday, July 23rd,
the Subcommittee on Children and Families will
hold their second hearing on childhood obesity in
the past week. The hearing, entitled
“Childhood Obesity: The Declining Health of
America’s Next Generation – Part II” will take
place at 2:30
pm in Room 430 of Dirksen Senate Office
Building.
Testifying at the hearing
will be:
*
Joseph Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., Surgeon General, State
of Arkansas,
Director, Arkansas
Center
for Health Improvement, Little
Rock, AR
*
Jonathan Miller, Citizen, Ypsilanti,
MI
*
Philip J. Dwyer, President and CEO,
Central
Connecticut
Coast
YMCA, New
Haven, CT
*
Susan Neely, President and CEO,
American Beverage Association, Washington,
DC
For more information,
click here.
2 - Education and Labor
Committee Hearing to Promote Physical Education
and Health Promotion
On Thursday, July
24th, the Committee on Education and Labor will
hold a hearing entitled, "The Benefits of Physical
and Health Education for Our Nation's
Children". The hearing will take place at 10
am in Room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office
Building.
Witnesses at the hearing
include:
* The
Honorable Ron Kind, Congressman from
Wisconsin
* The
Honorable Zach Wamp, Congressman from
Tennessee
* Richard
Simmons, Fitness Expert and
Advocate
* Tim
Brown, Former Oakland Raider Wide
Receiver
* Dr.
Russell Pate, University of South
Carolina
* Lori
Rose Benson, New York City Department of
Education
* Robert
M. Keiser,
Student Advisor to Governor Charlie
Crist
For more information, click
here.
3 –
Healthcare
Leadership Council to Host Health Care Innovations
Event
On Thursday, July 24th the
Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) will be
hosting its annual Health Care Innovations Event
in the Cannon Caucus Room from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
This event is held every year on Capitol Hill for
members of Congress and congressional staff to
witness the new tools, technologies, and practices
being displayed by HLC member companies and
organizations.
The Healthcare Leadership
Council is a coalition of chief executives from
all disciplines within the health care system and
provides an exclusive forum for the leaders of our
nation’s health care system to jointly develop
policies, plans, and programs to achieve their
vision of a 21st century health care system.
Wellness and prevention are among HLC’s top issue
priorities, and as such, HLC is an Advisory Board
member to the Campaign to End Obesity.
Organizations presenting
at the Innovations event include the Campaign to
End Obesity, Aetna, Ascension Health, Baxter
International, Cardinal Health, Cleveland Clinic,
Hospira, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Marshfield
Clinic, McKesson Corporation, and Premier,
Inc.
A complimentary
lunch will be provided.
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