Health and Wellness

Healthy snack advocates take campaign to D.C.

April 5th, 2011 | Source: The Redding Record Searchlight [CA]

Two of Anderson’s advocates for child-friendly snacks will take their message to Washington, D.C., this week.
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Turning the Tide on Obesity

April 4th, 2011 | Source: Arkansas Business Online

Wal-Mart’s new nutrition initiative is one of the most important developments in the nation’s effort to safeguard our children from the obesity epidemic. It demonstrates that it is possible to address a socioeconomic health crisis like obesity without sacrificing a profit-based business model or becoming a nanny state. All it takes is an understanding of the problem and the will to foster change.
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Columnist’s Walmart walk-a-thon reaches halfway mark

March 23rd, 2011 | Source: Star Courier [IL]

Today I reach the halfway mark of my 100-mile walk at Walmart.
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Hospital to open a walk-in clinic in Gulfport Walmart

March 21st, 2011 | Source: The Sun Herald [MS]

GULFPORT — Memorial Hospital’s first medical clinic to operate in a Coast Walmart will open Monday at the Supercenter on U.S. 49
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Retailer: Easy on landfills in West (Subscription Required)

March 18th, 2011 | Source: Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. provided an update Thursday on its environmental initiatives, including an 80 percent reduction of waste going to landfills from its California operations.
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