ING Run for Something Better

ING Awards $120,000 in Grants to Combat Childhood Obesity ING Run For Something Better® School-Based Running Programs Help Students Learn Healthy Choices and Take Responsibility for Their Own Fitness   ING today announced that it has awarded 60 schools across the U.S. with $2,000 grants to help students combat childhood obesity by getting them more active through school-based r...

Shape of the Nation Report STATES SEVERELY LACKING KEY PHYSICAL EDUCATION MANDATES THAT CAN HELP ADDRESS THE CHILDHOOD OBESITY EPIDEMIC   RESTON, VA, June 2, 2010 – The 2010 Shape of the Nation Report: Status of Physical Education in the USA released today from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Heart Association (AHA), shows tha...

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 9, 2010 February 9, 2010 MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: Establishing a Task Force on Childhood Obesity Across our country, childhood obesity has reached epidemic rates and, as a result, our children may live shorter lives than their parents. Obesity has been recognized as...

Published Date: 02/04/2010 It's official ... Miami kids are on the move and were part of the largest kids' race in the country! On Jan. 31, decked out in a sea of ING orange, nearly 5,000 middle-school champions ran a special 1.2-mile course that ended at the official finish line of the ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon, completing their final mile of a 15-week training program, duri...

Champions of the ice team up with the ING Run For Something Better program to encourage children to be physically fit   Former Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen and National Hockey League (NHL) legend Pat Lafontaine will each trade in their skates for a pair of orange laces and running shoes as they take on their next athletic challenge -- the 2009 ING New York City Marathon.  &...