WASHINGTON, March 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), which works with corporate America to improve the food supply and increase physical activity, today announced sponsors for the 2019 Accelerating a Healthier Future Summit taking place April 1-2 at Swissôtel in Chicago, Ill.
Leaders from the private sector, government, academia and nonprofits will discuss challenges and solutions to ensure all children will live healthier lives, growing up to be adults free from obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other chronic conditions. Following are the Premier, Gold and Silver-level sponsors for this year's event:
Bronze-level sponsors include The a2 Milk Company, Amazon, Inc., Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Giant Food, Harold Levinson Associates, Honest Tea, John Hancock, KMPG United States, National Confectioners Association, Peerfit, Inc., and Sprout Organic Foods.
The 2019 Summit is supported by the following media sponsors: Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network, Convenience Store Decisions, Convenience Store News, CSP Daily News, The FoodNavigator-USA Summit: FOOD FOR KIDS, NACS and Upworthy | GOOD.
This year's Summit will address the imperative to accelerate the healthy innovation and market disruption necessary to make nutritious food and safe play more accessible to all American families. The 2019 Summit features breakout sessions focused on topics that include recent advances in food and physical activity designed with disposable income in mind, the opportunity for equitable technologies that improve health, the movement to ensure that those who choose to eat away from home have access to healthy options and creating lasting partnerships that drive better health.
Review the full agenda on Partnership for a Healthier America's Summit website.
Credentialed reporters interested in covering the Summit should register here by March 22, 2019.
About Partnership for a Healthier America
PHA's mission is to leverage the power of the private sector to bring lasting systemic changes that improve the food supply, increase healthy choices, increase physical activity and contribute to a culture of health. In 2010, PHA was created in conjunction with—but independent from—Former First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! effort. PHA identifies, accelerates and celebrates voluntary business practices that improve or increase choice or lead to new norms and behavior around food and physical activity. For more information about PHA, please visit aHealthierAmerica.org and follow PHA on Twitter @PHAnews.
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