viaLanguage Donates Capital and Services to Help Improve Minority Health

WEBWIRE – Monday, October 06, 2008 Working with Health Plan of San Mateo to fight childhood obesity in the Latino community Portland, Ore., October 6, 2008 — viaLanguage, a leading language translation and localization agency, today announced it has donated $30,000 in capital and services to the Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM) in support of its efforts to address childhood obesity in the Latino Community. The donation is being used to implement the SHAPEDOWN® Spanish Translation Project, aimed at translating the materials of a successful family-based weight management program for children and teens. SHAPEDOWN®, developed and tested at the University of California, San Francisco has been shown to be effective in helping children, teens and their parents make the difficult lifestyle changes necessary for long-term weight loss... [read full story]