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AHA exec Tony Burke tackles childhood obesity with ProActive Kids

About 700 Chicago-area families have participated in ProActive Kids, founded by Tony Burke of American Hospital Association Related contentMore K Street Cares:Phil Kafarakis Combating childhood obesity is deeply personal for Tony Burke. The American Hospital Association executive weighed 185 pounds in fifth grade, making him intimately familiar with the physical, emotional and psychological issues faced by overweight children. Burke leveraged this passion and his experience in the business side of health care to start the nonprofit ProActive Kids Foundation in 2009. Since then about 700 children and their families in the Chicago area have participated in its free… Read More