| NBA All-Star and Olympic Athlete LeBron James and Dr. Ian Smith Celebrate the Launch of The 50 Million Pound Challenge's First 'Citywide Team Challenge,' Kicking off in Cleveland, Ohio |
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
- LeBron James and Mayor Frank Jackson invite Cleveland residents to join a new program that encourages individuals to team up to improve their health and well-being with a FREE health and fitness plan -- the Cleveland City Challenge. The city challenge is an extension of The 50 Million Pound Challenge -- the successful national initiative founded by physician and VH1's Celebrity Fit Club diet expert, Dr. Ian Smith. Dr. Ian, Mayor Jackson and LeBron James will lead a rally at the Q Arena on June 18th. LeBron will issue a call to his city and fans to join him in |
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Celebrities : Dr. Ian Smith, LeBron James
Categories : Celebrity Health News, Celebrity Causes, Celebrity News, Athlete News
Posted 6/18/2008 12:06:00 AM | Permalink
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| 50 Million Pound Challenge Signs up 1st 50,000; Comes to Miami on Historic Campaign by African-American Community to Take Control of Health, Fight Deadly Toll of Excess Weight |
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien, Austria
- On pace to be one of the most far-reaching African-American health initiatives ever, The 50 Million Pound Challenge stops in Miami May 19 on its 14-city tour across the US rallying people to "give up the pounds, not the fight." On April 7, Dr. Ian Smith, physician, NY Times best-selling author & VH1 Celebrity Fit Club expert, teamed up with State Farm(R) and a host of African-American leaders to launch The Challenge, an unprecedented campaign and commitment by the African-American community to help people lose weight, get fit & take control of their health. In its first month, 55,984 people |
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Celebrities : Dr. Ian Smith
Categories : Speakers News
Posted 5/15/2007 08:05:59 PM | Permalink
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