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GA SR947
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/18/2014
Primary Sponsor
Renee Unterman
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AI Summary
- Georgia Senate recognizes and commends the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a national, multiyear coalition of retailers, food and beverage manufacturers, restaurants, sporting goods and insurance companies, NGOs, and professional sports organizations working to reduce obesity by 2015
- 16 leading food and beverage companies, including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, pledged to remove 1 trillion calories from the U.S. marketplace by 2012
- An independent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation evaluation found member companies actually removed 6.4 trillion calories from the marketplace since 2007, exceeding the 1.5 trillion calorie reduction goal by 400 percent
- The Secretary of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation
Legislative Description
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
2/18/2014
Full Bill Text
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