CHICAGO (AP) — Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson
hopes to show her commitment to a healthier lifestyle with the opening of a new
weight loss center in Chicago.
The Chicago native will open the Jennifer Hudson
Weight Watchers Center on Tuesday. Hudson has lost 80 pounds and is a Weight
Watchers spokeswoman. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to attend the
event in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Weight Watchers says it'll donate a portion of the
center's revenue to a foundation in honor of Hudson's late nephew, Julian King.
In October 2008, the bodies of Hudson's mother and brother were found in the
family's home. King's body was found days later in a vehicle. All three had
been shot.
Hudson is known for her Oscar-winning role in
"Dreamgirls."
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