BET Urges Core Viewers to Slim Down

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ATLANTA Black Entertainment Television has partnered with General Mills to launch a nationwide campaign to promote healthy lifestyles and eating habits among BET’s audience.

Washington, D.C.-based BET has established the nonprofit BET Foundation to produce public service announcements, collateral materials and interactive initiatives. General Mills of Minneapolis assisted with the in-house development of print and interactive projects.

Debra Lee, president and chief operating officer at BET, said that one of the primary objectives of the new campaign is to lower the obesity rate of African Americans females.



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