Health Promotion

Call to action for parents fighting obesity in children

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 23rd, 2005

With recent reports showing that obesity is increasingly becoming the prime cause of mortality in Americans, one local company is offering Texas school children a new healthy alternative to the standard cafeteria lunch menu.

Through a proprietary preparation method, 21st Century Foods has created breakfast sausage patties and charbroiled lunch patties that are made from 100% lean, white-meat chicken with the flavor, texture and appearance of pork sausage and beef hamburger patties.

The Redi-Quick products, now available for the first time in Texas schools, are lower in calories, saturated fat, unsaturated fat and cholesterol, while maintaining the...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2005-05-23)

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