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Low-carb diet firm joins forces with educators to combat pediatric obesity

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 18th, 2004

Recognizing that the obesity crisis begins with our kids, Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., (ANI) is partnering with several national and regional non-profit groups to help prevent and combat childhood obesity.

The Atkins Education Policy Initiative will focus on arming influencers and role models with the education and tools necessary to support the basic changes that are so critically needed at all levels of the American public school system.

"With 9 million U.S. children overweight or obese, and another 9 million at risk for becoming overweight, the consequences of childhood obesity on health, academic performance and social interaction are too dire to...

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