WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HEALTH AND FITNESS DAY

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES TO HELP ADDRESS CHILDHOOD OBESITY AT
WHITE HOUSE AAPI INITIATIVE EVENT IN LOS ANGELES ON SATURDAY

LOS ANGELES – Trainer Jillian Michaels and professional athletes Troy Polamalu and
Marcus McNeill will join the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’
Hines Ward and Sefa Aina and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Tony Babauta at the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) intramural field on Saturday morning to exercise
with more than 500 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth from the Los Angeles area. The
event is designed to draw attention to the increasing rate of childhood obesity among Native
Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth and promote physical activity as a key element to
prevention.

WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
HEALTH AND FITNESS DAY

DATE: Saturday, April 2, 2011
TIME: 10 a.m.
Truck preset: 9 a.m.
Camera preset: 9:30 a.m.
Cable run: 300 feet

PLACE: UCLA Intramural Field, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles
Media entrance: North Athletic Field entrance
Truck parking: Wilson Plaza, Sunset Blvd. entrance
PARTICIPANTS:
Tony Babauta, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas
Sefa Aina, vice chair, President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Hines Ward, member, President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and
professional athlete
Tana Lepule, member, California Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Marcus McNeill, professional athlete
Jillian Michaels, trainer and athlete
Troy Polamalu, professional athlete

CONTACT: Toby Chaudhuri at 978-884-8626 or toby.chaudhuri@ed.gov