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Childhood Obesity News - Mission Foods' New Partnership Tackles Childhood Obesity - Market Wire (press release)

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IRVING, TX–(Marketwire - February 11, 2008) - Mission Foods , one of the largest tortilla producers in the United States, and Atlanta-based TV Chef Marvin Woods have joined forces to battle childhood obesity and other kids’ health issues by incorporating the program “Droppin’ Knowledge with Chef Marvin Woods” into the Atlanta Hawks & Thrashers School Assembly program. In response to the escalating crises of childhood obesity and other children’s health issues, Chef Marvin developed the “Droppin’ Knowledge with Chef Marvin Woods” program with the support of the Atlanta Public School System, engaging students in roundtable discussions to learn about their eating habits and share new ways to improve how and what they eat. A “Droppin’ Knowledge with Chef Marvin Woods ” workbook will be handed out at each of the school assemblies, which will include Chef Marvin’s grocery list, ‘in the know’ fun food facts and two fun recipes every family should have to make delicious and nutritious meals. Chef Marvin Woods has 24 years of experience at some of the country’s most acclaimed restaurants, including The Sea Grill at Rockefeller Center, Café Beulah in New York and Savannah and The National Hotel in South Beach. Created by Chef Marvin Woods, Emmy® Award-nominated host of Turner South’s wildly popular Home Plate and author of heralded cookbooks, Home Plate Cooking (Rutledge Hill) and The New Low Country (William Morrow), “Droppin’ Knowledge with Chef Marvin Woods” espouses, “The More We Know, the Better We’ll Eat. Read Childhood Obesity

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