The MacDonald Center for Obesity Prevention and Education (COPE)

The MacDonald Center for obesity prevention and education was established in 2011 through the generous support of The MacDonald Family Foundation and The Take Shape for Life Foundation. The Center serves as a locus for interdisciplinary collaboration in the prevention of obesity through education and research. It will support and foster the growing need for development of healthy lifestyles and behaviors among Americans.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

COPE Center to Officially Open October 6, 2011

The MacDonald Center for Obesity Prevention and Education (COPE) officially opens on Thursday October 6th, 2011. Festivities include talks by MacDonald Family and Take Shape for Life Foundation members and a lecture by Sylvia Escott Stump, president of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). COPE Center coordinator Denice Ferko-Adams will be introduced. Healthy snacks are sure to be on the menu!

For more infomation on the Center, visit www.villanova.edu/COPE