Eat Smart, Move More SC has been featured in many news stories. The following links are to select articles from around South Carolina.

Greenwood Today
Greenwood Considers Opening Chapter for “Eat Smart, Move More” Coalition

The Hearald
York County fitness group teams with McDonald’s

The Post & Courier
Slimming down South Carolina
Coalition: ‘Eat Smart Move More’

Colleton County Set to Eat Smart, Move More
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation Awards $478,000 to Eat Smart, Move More SC for Comprehensive Colleton County Obesity Prevention Initiative.

HHS News:
Eat Smart, Move More South Carolina receives US Surgeon General’s Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future Champion Award.
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The State Newspaper:
Acting Surgeon General Rear Adm. Steven K. Galson will be in Columbia Wednesday to present a national award to Eat Smart, Move More South Carolina.
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Bluffton Today:
Organizers who want to make it safe for every child to walk or bike to school in Bluffton have come a long way. But like many of the students who go to M.C. Riley Elementary School, they have a long way to go.
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The Island Packet:
At Michael C. Riley Elementary, most students don’t walk or ride their bicycles to school because it’s not safe, say school officials and safety advocates.
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Greenville Online:
Walk into any elementary school today and you will see firsthand the impact obesity is having on our children. Over the past four decades, obesity rates have soared among children of all age groups, increasing nearly five-fold among those ages 6 to 11. Today, nearly 25 million children are overweight or obese.
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