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Nestle USA Partners With Retailers, Food and Beverage Industry to Launch National Obesity Campaign

Monday 5th of October 2009 13:47

Empowering Employees in the Workplace:

    --  Participating companies will undertake new or enhance existing programs
        to help employees achieve and maintain a healthy weight.

    --  Nestle USA will continue to provide employees with a number of unique
        employee health and wellness initiatives, such as HealthWorks, a health
        management initiative that offers resources - such as weight loss
        management, smoking cessation programs, on-site health screenings - to
        help employees and their family make informed decisions about health
        care and wellness.

Creating Healthy Habits in Schools:

    --  The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation will expand the successful
        Healthy Schools Partnership to additional schools in Kansas City, Des
        Moines, Washington, D.C., Chicago and a tribal community in Iowa. The
        Healthy Schools Partnership integrates nutrition education and physical
        education through a school-based curriculum to help children develop
        life-long positive healthy habits.

    --  Nestle USA will also continue to support Healthy Steps for Healthy
        Lives, a program created to offer teachers innovative tools to educate
        students about good nutrition and physical activity. To date, more than
        40,000 Healthy Steps kits have been distributed to teachers - reaching
        nearly one million children and their families.

"Maintaining a healthy lifestyle requires making smart decisions both big and small," said Chavanne B. Hanson, MPH, RD, LD, Nestle USA's Wellness Champion. "We are cognizant of our role in helping families make informed decisions about eating right and will work tirelessly to support them in their efforts for better nutrition, health and wellness."

About Nestle USA

Named one of "America's Most Admired Food Companies" in Fortune magazine for the twelfth consecutive year, Nestle USA provides quality brands and products that bring flavor to life every day. From nutritious meals with LEAN CUISINE® to baking traditions with NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE®, Nestle USA makes delicious, convenient, and nutritious food and beverage products that enrich the very experience of life itself. That's what "Nestle. Good Food, Good Life" is all about. Well-known Nestle brands include: NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE®, NESTLE® NESQUIK®, NESTLE® COFFEE-MATE®, STOUFFER'S®, LEAN CUISINE®, HOT POCKETS® and LEAN POCKETS® brand sandwiches, NESCAFE®, NESCAFE® TASTER'S CHOICE®, NESTLE® JUICY JUICE®, BUITONI®, DREYER'S/EDY'S®, NESTLE® CRUNCH®, NESTLE® BUTTERFINGER®, and WONKA®. Nestle USA, with 2008 sales of $10 billion is part of Nestle S.A. in Vevey, Switzerland -- the largest food company in the world with a focus on Nutrition, Health & Wellness -- with 2008 sales of $101 billion. For product news and information, visit www.NestleNewsroom.com.

About Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation

The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation is a unique partnership between retailers, non-profit organizations, food and beverage manufacturers and trade associations aimed at helping to reduce obesity. For more information, go to www.healthyweightcommit.org.

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