Dakota Medical Foundation ^Company

They lead initiatives to create a region of the healthiest people, build the fundraising success of health-related nonprofits, and invest in new ideas that can create widespread health improvement. Obesity is the single largest and costliest health threat to America and their region. It’s a root cause of heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers and many other chronic illnesses. Their lifestyles in this modern world conspire in many ways against healthy choices. That’s why they’re helping fill childcares, schools, workplaces and community settings with healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity to get and keep more people at a healthy weight — adopting lifestyles for long, vibrantly healthy life. By making the healthy choice the easy choice, they’re shifting norms and reversing this obesity epidemic for the next generation.