Shaq's Big Challenge was designed to be a wake-up call to prod Americans into taking action against one of this nation's most critical health issues: childhood obesity. Shaquille O'Neal, the 7-foot-tall star of the NBA's Miami Heat, has spent the last year leading the charge against childhood obesity by first designing a program for six overweight middle-schoolers in Florida, and then by leading the fight into the school cafeteria, into the gymnasium, and onto our TV screens. Child's weight problem can perfectly begin at school, where physical education programs have been cut and cafeteria opt... read more
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