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President Bill Clinton to Recognize 275 U.S. Schools for Fighting Childhood Obesity
Little Rock, Ark. – On Monday, June 13, 2011, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, founded by the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, will recognize 275 schools for transforming their campuses into healthier places for students and staff. President Bill Clinton and Dwayne Proctor, director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s childhood obesity team, will honor the award-winning schools at an event at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Ark.

The 275 schools come from 37 different states. The following cities boast multiple awardees: Atlanta; Boston; Dallas; Elizabeth, N.J.; Los Angeles; Miami; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; San Antonio; Washington D.C. Each school has distinguished itself with healthy eating and physical activity programs and policies that meet or exceed stringent standards set by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation's Healthy Schools Program.

Launched in 2006 with 231 schools in 13 states, the Healthy Schools Program now works with supports more than 12,000 schools across the country to help transform them into healthier places where physical activity and healthier foods are available before, during and after school. The program is supported by grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and other funders.