In the News

Eat Smart Move More SC has been featured in many news stories. Here are some places we have been mentioned in the news.

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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2010 Obesity Prevention Summit

Building Leadership for Healthy Communities

Join Eat Smart, Move More SC for an education forum on obesity prevention in South Carolina. Presented in partnership with several statewide organizations, the event will provide an interactive and engaging look at best practices for obesity prevention with sessions on healthy worksites, schools and communities, grant writing, coalition development, policy and environmental change and more. If you are a professional in the area of public health, healthcare, education, nutrition, physical activity, the media or simply interested in what you can do in your community, plan to attend the 2010 SC Obesity Prevention Summit.

Click here to download presentations from the 2010 Summit.


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