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Message to Georgia Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight
Date:10/30/2008

ncluding calcium, vitamin A, vitamin D, protein and potassium, milk is a great way to get a nutrient boost."

Atlanta Residents Pledge to Maintain a Healthy Weight

As part of milk's proud support for the American Heart Association's Start! Heart Walks in cities across the country, the Campaign for Healthy Weight will set up headquarters at walk events nationwide to rally Americans to eat right, walk more and milk their diets. Participants at the Atlanta Start! Heart Walk on November 1, 2008, who will already be taking steps towards a healthier lifestyle, will be able to join thousands of other Americans who have taken a healthy weight pledge and voted for milk with their upper lips.

While at the Start! Heart Walk, visitors can:

-- Join the Campaign and take the pledge to maintain a healthy weight in a

healthy way with milk

-- Sample heart-healthy lowfat or fat free milk from local dairies

-- Speak with a local registered dietitian who can explain how simple,

lifelong steps can help maintain a healthy weight and a healthy heart

-- Take the Campaign for Healthy Weight Quiz to see how their weight

management habits compare to those of their fellow Americans

-- Take a souvenir Milk Mustache photo

-- Enter for a chance to win a FREE trip to the 2009 AHA Start! Heart Walk

in Hilo, Hawaii

To learn more about the Campaign for Healthy Weight and the findings from the Weighing in on the American Diet report, log onto http://www.whymilk.com. Here visitors can take the healthy weight pledge, get tips on how to maintain a healthy weight and prevent unhealthy weight gain and find out if their beverage choices may be derailing their efforts.

The Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), Washington, D.C., is funded by the nation's milk processors, who are committed to increasing fluid milk consumption. The MilkPEP Boar
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SOURCE The Milk Processor Education Program
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