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Helping Americans Lead Healthy, Long Lives
Promoting a healthy, active lifestyle, President Bush hosts many events, such as the White House Fitness Expo, that encourage children and adults to exercise regularly. A child climbs the President's Fitness Challenge climbing while exploring one of the fitness activities during the health fair on the South Lawn June 20, 2002.
Promoting a healthy, active lifestyle, President Bush hosts many events, such as the White House Fitness Expo, that encourage children and adults to exercise regularly. A child climbs the President's Fitness Challenge climbing while exploring one of the fitness activities during the health fair on the South Lawn June 20, 2002.
 
Promoting a healthy, active lifestyle, President Bush hosts many events, such as the White House Fitness Expo, that encourage children and adults to exercise regularly. A child climbs the President's Fitness Challenge climbing while exploring one of the fitness activities during the health fair on the South Lawn June 20, 2002. Laura Bush participates in media interviews promoting The Heart Truth/ Red Dress Project during fashion week in New York City Feb. 14, 2003. The Heart Truth campaign began in response to recommendations from more than 70 experts in women's health who met in March 2001 to develop a national action plan to reduce the toll of heart disease on American women.
Touring the exhibits at the White House Fitness Expo, President Bush takes a few moments to visit with children at the hiking/outdoor activity exhibit June 20, 2002. Also on this day, the President launched the Healthier US initiative, which gives Americans guidelines to follow in their efforts to lead longer, healthier lives. President George W. Bush meets with senior citizens at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Ind., May 13, 2003. During his tenure, President Bush routinely holds roundtable discussions with people all over the country so that he can talk one-on-one about the issues that are important to them.
President George W. Bush attends the tee-ball game on the South Lawn to watch a game between the Cardinals and the South Berkeley Little League Braves from Inwood, W.Va., June 23, 2002. President George W. Bush greets Anna Tovcimak during a visit to Mercy Hospital in Scranton, Pa., Jan. 16, 2003. "Our seniors need to have a reformed Medicare plan which includes prescription drugs," said the President during his remarks.
President George W. Bush competes in a three-mile run as part of the President's Fitness Challenge Race at Fort McNair June 22, 2002. "It's important for those of us in the White House to live how we talk. If we're going to say we're going to live a healthy life, let's do it. If we say we care about a neighbor in need, we want to love a neighbor like we'd like to be loved ourselves, let's show it through our actions," said the President before running. President George W. Bush remarks on medical liability reform at the Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 26, 2004. .This year, seniors are going to get a drug discount card, which will save them 10 to 25 percent off the retail price of most prescription drugs. And the lowest income seniors will get a $600 credit. That will help seniors with drug costs,. said the President outlining his plan to help senior citizens.

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