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Look for information about our annual awards event, happening this year on October 28th.
Photos from our June 19th Saturday Salon Soiree event will soon be posted to our website.
The Young Professionals Board will host a fantastic fireworks cruise on Lake Michigan on Wednesday, August 11th. Please click here for more information and to buy tickets.
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According to Voices for Illinois Children, nearly half the children in Illinois are either obese or at risk for becoming obese. The rate of obesity is greater for children from low-income families and African American and Latino children are at greater risk than other groups. Recent studies have shown that obesity in children has doubled over the past three decades.
The Surgeon General has warned that without change, the rates of preventable disease and death caused by obesity could soon overtake those caused by cigarette smoking. It has been predicted that today’s children will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents because of poor lifestyle habits, marking the first decline in life expectancy in the modern era.
