iVillage and Dominique Dawes Raise the Bar With Get Moving Now
This summer, iVillage and the President's Challenge, the premier program of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN), have banded together in a national effort to create more...
View ArticleWhy Former Olympic Gymnast Dominique Dawes Wants YOU to Get Moving - With a...
Watch our chat with Dominique Dawes, one of the celebrity coaches in iVillage's Get Moving Now Community Challenge. She shows how something as easy as jumping rope once a day can mean a healthier you.
View Article5 Questions for Dominique Dawes on 'Get Moving' Challenge
As a three-time Olympian, she inspired an entire generation of young girls to reach for their dreams. Now at age 34 she's still the go to girl for inspiration; but this time she's inspiring women and...
View ArticleBoy Scouts Prepared to Battle Obesity
For more than 100 years, the Boy Scouts have attracted new recruits with the lure of camping, boating and other outdoor activities. But because they spend so much time indoors watching TV and playing...
View ArticleLosers Are Winners
The goal was to inspire some regular people - teachers, managers, sisters - to take a free eight-week fitness challenge and transform them from couch potato to hot potato. It worked.
View ArticleBismarck Boy Scouts Work Out to Win Fitness Award
A Medcenter pediatrician is one of 16 national Boy Scout leaders to complete an activity challenge as part of the President`s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Dr. Stephen McDonough was...
View ArticleSwim, Bike, Run: D.C. Area Youth Give It a 'Tri'
Shellie Pfohl, Executive Director, President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Last Friday, August 5, more than 100 Washington, D.C. area youth competed in all three sports at the Anacostia...
View ArticleDr. Koh throws out first pitch at the HHS 'Night at the Ballpark!'
Dr. Howard Koh, HHS Assistant Secretary for Health. Late last month, I had the privilege of joining more than 2,300 fellow Health and Human Services (HHS) employees for a great night at the Washington...
View ArticleBoy Scouts Get SCOUTStrong to Earn their PALA
This year, the BSA created SCOUTStrong, a Scout-specific Presidential Active Lifestyle Award(PALA) challenge. In keeping with PCFSN's mission to empower all Americans to lead active, healthy lifestyles...
View ArticleFit to Fight with the President's Challenge
Lauren Darensbourg, President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. The Council got active with more than 300 local teenagers at the 40thAnnual Tuskegee Airmen National Convention in...
View ArticleOn the Move, Athletically, Against Arthritis
The Arthritis Foundation is taking a new tack with its public service advertising, introducing a hard-hitting campaign that urges people to take up exercise as a weapon against pain.
View ArticleFirst Lady Michelle Obama Attends US Open 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama applauded the United States Tennis Association (USTA) for engaging millions of children in tennis, introducing tennis into thousands of elementary schools throughout the...
View ArticleScout Troop Gains Notice for Activities
A portion of the oath taken by every Boy Scout is a pledge to be physically fit. For members of Boy Scout Troop 123, that section of the oath has come to define a great deal of their time spent together.
View ArticleNickelodeon's Capital Play Day
On Saturday, Nickelodeon, the children's television network, will for the first time take its annual event to Washington. To be held on the Ellipse, this year's day of games and activities will bring...
View ArticleSuccess is Moving Towards a Healthier Future
Last September, First Lady Michelle Obama and the President's Council members launched the Million PALA Challenge, with the goal of one million Americans achieving the Presidential Active Lifestyle...
View ArticleEating and Moving with Miner Elementary Students
Dominique Dawes, Co-Chair, President’s Council on Fitness Sports & Nutrition, discusses her recent visit to Miner Elementary School in Washington, D.C.
View ArticlePresident Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
President's Council Excited to Announce Addition of Dr. Jayne Greenberg to Council.
View ArticleChallenge Yourself to get Healthy and Earn PALA+
Blog by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA - Member, President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition and President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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