News from the Aetna Foundation

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Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to share that the Aetna Foundation has awarded a $299,353 grant to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut, to pilot "Helping Children Grow Up Healthy, The Role of the Pediatrician in Obesity Prevention." This program aims to increase communication between pediatricians, parents and their children about the dangers of obesity. The project will examine the effectiveness of brief motivational counseling to prevent obesity in Hartford's young children, primarily those between the ages of 2 and 4.

Since 2006, Aetna and the Aetna Foundation have awarded nearly $6 million in support of efforts to combat childhood obesity. Addressing the rising rate of obesity among U.S. adults and children is a continuing focus of our grant-making in 2010 and beyond.

We are delighted to collaborate with Connecticut Children's Medical Center, the region's only academic medical center dedicated exclusively to the care of children. This new initiative is designed not only to improve the health of Hartford's children, but also to produce guidelines for effective methods that can be used by physicians across the U.S. to help prevent childhood obesity.

For more information on this program and additional obesity awareness and prevention programs at Connecticut Children's, please see the press release issued by the medical center. To learn more about the Aetna Foundation please visit www.aetnafoundation.org.

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The Aetna Foundation, Inc.

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