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COALITION FOR HEALTHY, ACTIVE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS In 1985, while President of the Pierce County Medical Society, Dr. Patrick Hogan, a Tacoma neurologist, formed a committee of colleagues to develop and design a public health initiative in response to the current increasing obesity and decreasing fitness epidemic in our county. The focus is not on diet or weight loss, but an approach that will encourage and support everyone to strive for better health through increasing their activity levels and eating healthy. The Coalition of Healthy, Active Medical Professionals, or CHAMP was born. The PURPOSE of CHAMP is:
The GOALS of CHAMP are:
CHAMP has been recognized at the Boston Marathon by the American Running Association and the American Medical Athletic Association and has been formally adopted by the Washington State Medical Association in a resolution recommending that all county medical societies adopt CHAMP chapters statewide. CHAMP encourages all professionals in the filed of medicine whether physicians, nurses, PA, PT, OT, etc. to become involved with this exciting initiative, to have fun and take an important step toward improving the health of our entire community. T-SHIRTS: Get your CHAMP T-shirt today. They are available for $15 in small, medium, large and extra-large sizes and are gold, with the CHAMP logo on the front. They are 100% polyester, Performance Cool-max made by Augusta Sportswear. Call the Medical Society office, 253-572-3666 for ordering information |
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