In a recent piece for the Washington Examiner titled, “LeBron’s Cavs Challenge Businesses to Boost Worker Health Off the Job,” Paul Bedard highlighted the Health Means Business Champions Network, a community wellness movement led by the U.S. Chamber Foundation with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Its purpose is to help create healthier citizens and a healthier workforce.

Fueling the movement is the idea that the U.S. business community and its stakeholders have the ability, talent and vision to help reverse disturbing health trends that threaten America’s global competitiveness.These days, the call for businesses to take an active role in promoting community health and wellness is reverberating well beyond the Beltway.