Childhood Obesity to Benefit from Prestigious Beverly Hills Ballet School for Children.News Editors/Lifestyle Editors/City Desks BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2004 Former dancer from the Broadway production of the Phantom of the Opera vows to help fight childhood obesity childhood obesity Public health Overweight in a child, an average BMI of ≥ 85% for age and sex; ≥ 95% for age and sex is very obese. See Body-mass index, Obesity. Cf Adult obesity. with free classes for the underprivileged The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS released a study that states poor diet and lack of physical activity was the second leading cause of death in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in 2000. In a vow to help fight this epidemic, Leslie Judge, proprietor of Beverly Hills Ballet School, will offer free weekly classes to qualified underprivileged families to aid parents in keeping their children healthy and fit. Judge will also donate a portion of the proceeds from the school to help fight childhood obesity. "This is a very serious cause and it's becoming worse each and every year. As a business owner, it's the very least I can do," said Judge. Judge has choreographed and danced in a video production for Vanessa Williams and performed with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in performances of La Traviata La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, published in 1848. and Parsifal. Most recently she completed work as a dancer with the Broadway production of the Phantom of the Opera. The Beverly Hills Ballet School is located at 208 South Beverly Drive in the heart of Beverly Hills. http://www.beverlyhillsballetschool.com |
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