Two important partners with Public Health Departments’ Communities Putting Prevention to Work Obesity Prevention Initiative, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Working Partnerships USA, recently submitted op-eds to the San Jose Mercury News.
Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) represents more than 375 Silicon Valley employers. On June 6 SVLG announced the launch of “Let’s Move Silicon Valley Businesses” at its Health Happens in the Workplace event. This represents a new effort…
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Santa Clara County, CA -- On April 3, 2012, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute released the third annual County Health Rankings report, in observance of National Public Health Week. According to the…
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