Press Release
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is World Milk Day! As the leading milk company in the Philippines that
provides Filipino families superior and affordable nutrition, Alaska Milk
Corporation spearheads the celebration of World Milk Day in the country.
The
Alaska World Milk Day provides a great opportunity to reinforce importance of
drinking milk and healthy lifestyle and bring it at the forefront of consumer
awareness. And with the series of exciting activities lined up for the World
Milk Day, Alaska Milk encourages children and adults alike to get into the
habit of drinking milk and engage into sports activities to achieve optimum
health.
Allow us
to share with you some alarming health problems. Nutrition
disorders such as malnutrition and obesity are particularly rampant with children.
They interfere with the child’s growth and development which could lead to
serious health problems. Based on a 2008 survey of the World Health
Organization (WHO), more than one in ten adults are obese. Obesity and being
overweight are the fifth leading risk for global deaths. And what is alarming
is that even children are experiencing overweight issues as nearly 43 million
children are overweight based 2010 WHO data.
June
2013 marks the milestone of the first-ever Alaska World Milk Day. Various
exciting activities are lined-up to celebrate and promote good health!
The celebration kicks off on June 1 at 6:30am with the Alaska IronKids Run Race
in SM Mall Of Asia (IMAX Parking Area). There will also be an Alaska
World Milk Day Sampling in Glorietta Malls from 10am to 10pm.
June 9 is the Alaska World Milk Day Family Run where participants can
race at 3k, 5k, 10k. In all events, there will be the Alaska milk
moustache photo shoot where everyone is invited to participate in.
The
Alaska World Milk Day celebrations were made possible by Ayala Malls, Solar
Sports, Basketball TV, Solar News, Akari nxled, Glorietta, Gatorade and
Downy.
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