Article: HHS Budget Proposal to Include $100 Million Increase to Prevent Diabetes, Obesity and Asthma Across the Country

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President Bush's fiscal year 2004 budget plan will include an increase of $100 million -- to $125 million -- for a new initiative to prevent diabetes, obesity and asthma through community initiatives to achieve healthier lifestyles for hundreds of thousands of Americans, HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today.

"To truly stem the epidemic of preventable diseases that threaten too many Americans, we need to move from a health care system that treats disease to one that avoids disease through wiser personal choices," Secretary Thompson said. "This new initiative will support community programs aimed at getting results and helping those at risk ...

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