11/19/08 Obesity Action Coalition Updates Childhood Obesity Series
with BMI-for-Age Percentile Charts

7/28/08 More than 70 U.S. Cities Prepare for 2008 Walk from Obesity

7/22/08 Bipartisan group of 42 United States Senators Sends Strong Message to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, Urging Him to Encourage the National Institutes of Health to Update its Decade-Old Guidelines for Identification, Evaluation and Treatment of Obesity

6/25/08 The Walk from Obesity – Walk on the Capitol
Thanks Partners and Sponsors of this Historic Event

6/18/08 Thousands Gather for the Walk from Obesity – Walk on the Capitol
in Washington, DC, to Raise Awareness of Obesity

6/2/08 Television Star Caitlin Van Zandt Signs-on as Special Guest Speaker for National Obesity Awareness Event in Washington, DC, on June 17

5/12/08 Obesity Action Coalition Applauds Louisiana Legislature for Obesity Efforts

5/12/08 History Making Obesity Awareness Event Scheduled to
Take Place in Washington, DC, on June 17, 2008

4/15/08 Obesity Action Coalition Applauds Florida Legislature for Obesity Efforts

2/12/08 WALK from OBESITY Cookbook Available for Preorder

2/1/08 Obesity Action Coalition Calls on the State of Mississippi House of Representatives to Withdraw House Bill 282 Discriminating against those Affected by Obesity