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Our objective is to provide the latest and most comprehensive information on programs and community efforts across the United States directed at increasing physical activity and improving nutrition in our nation’s youth. In addition, this site offers a single location for the latest news, meetings and events, funding opportunities, publications, SAY Town Meetings and other resources related to childhood obesity.
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| The Obesity Society Releases New Research on the Cost Burden of Obesity Obesity, A Research Journal has released a new study on the lifetime medical cost burden of overweight and obesity, and the implications for obesity prevention. Download PDF National Registry of Programs Shaping America's Youth encourages community programs across the country focused on childhood physical activity or nutrition to become part of the SAY national registry of programs (The SAY Network). To date, more than 1500 organizations, corporations, and communities, representing every sector of the US, have provided information about their efforts to reverse the health crisis of overweight and inactivity in young people. If your organization or program is involved, directly or indirectly, in these areas, we urge you to join this ongoing project by completing the survey. |  |  |  | Des Moines, Iowa
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May 19, 2007 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 21, 2007 Previous Meetings and Reports | Search for a SAY program in your area | Shaping America’s Youth announced that it is beginning its second survey of programs addressing overweight, poor nutrition, and physical inactivity among today’s youth.
View the Press Release (PDF) Iowa residents are invited to come together on August 25 to discuss solutions to the alarming issue of childhood obesity.
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