Denver Better Health Through Economic Opportunity Forum
The US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invite you to join the Denver Better Health Through Economic Opportunity Forum.
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The US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invite you to join the Denver Better Health Through Economic Opportunity Forum.
At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, we care about the health and wellness of American communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced a two-year initiative to engage the American business community on the overlap of health and economic opportunity.
Today the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, released the 2015 County Health Rankings.
Data insights are helping to perfect obesity prevention programs in Denver, Camden, Philadelphia and Oklahoma City.
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Join Corporate Citizenship Center for a webinar to discuss its most recent research, Aligning Communities: How Four Cities Are Preventing Obesity. The report examines community-based obesity prevention programs in four specific communities: Camden, New Jersey; Denver, Colorado; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The webinar will explore how those programs work, and what companies have, and can, do to take an active role in those programs.

Businesses across the country are working to create healthy communities. To further strengthen the business community’s role in obesity prevention programs, the U.S.
Building on a $500 million commitment made in 2007, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has recently announced a renewed pledge, bringing the total to $1 billion. The impressive sum will be aimed at reversing the childhood obesity epidemic.