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Shape Up America!

Contact Information

Barbara J. Moore, Ph.D., President and CEO
P.O. Box 149
Clyde Park, MT 59018

Internet Resources

www.shapeup.org/

suainfo@shapeup.org

Abstract

Shape Up America! is a non-profit national initiative to raise awareness of the importance of healthy eating and increased physical activity for weight management and disease prevention. Founded by former U.S. Surgeon C. Everett Koop in 1994, Shape Up America! relies on a broad coalition of industry, medical, health, nutrition and physical fitness experts to develop and communicate information to the public and to health care professionals. It has three broad objectives: promote a new understanding by Americans of the health importance of achieving and maintaining a healthy weight and increasing physical activity; provide science-based information on the assessment and treatment of obesity; and increase cooperation among national and community organizations committed to advancing healthy weight and increased physical activity as major public health priorities. The Shape Up America! website--www.shapeup.org--is designed to communicate with the public, health care professionals, educators and the media.

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Notes

3/13/07 Unable to confirm info, 3 attempts to reach organization failed (e-mail, fax & mail returned). Sent a second e-mail through the web on 2-23-07 with no response. (RV)

Audit

Date Entered: 9/16/1998
Date Edited: 6/27/2008
Date Revised: 1/8/2007
Health Referral Number: HR2921
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