Business Wire
December 18. 2007
The 2008 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Food & Wine Magazine announces the launch of the new interactive community-based initiative – Fun and Fit as a Family presented by South Beach Diet and Travel + Leisure Family – to address the real danger of the obesity epidemic currently plaguing school-aged children.
Taking place February 23rd – 24th, at Jungle Island, Miami’s premiere theme park, the Fun and Fit as a Family “mini-festival” within the main festival will bring together some of the world’s greatest celebrity chefs and personalities, health professionals and fitness experts to educate children and their parents about how to adopt healthier, more active lifestyles.
In partnership with The Parent Academy of Miami-Dade County Public Schools and Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline, Fun and Fit as a Family will welcome families with school-aged children to two days of interactive educational activities that showcase fun ways to exercise and make healthier food choices. This grassroots campaign will also serve to contribute to a school-based healthy lifestyle initiative and after-school program to improve overall academic performance and reduce rates of childhood obesity.