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The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida Announces $8 Million Initiative to Address Childhood Obesity (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) |
The rate of childhood obesity in America has more than tripled since 1980, and, in Florida, 32.5 percent of children ages 10 to 17 are overweight or obese. Compelled by the serious and widespread threat of the obesity epidemic for children, families, communities and the health care system, The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida , the philanthropic affiliate of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of …
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