You can read the article Crunch Pak: Convenient, Healthy Snacking on the Exec website's digital magazine; you can click through to the online version by clicking on the November magazine image on the Exec site.
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You can read the article Crunch Pak: Convenient, Healthy Snacking on the Exec website's digital magazine; you can click through to the online version by clicking on the November magazine image on the Exec site.
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Article courtesy of the Produce For Kids Newsletter, Volume 5
"Americans who consume lots of apples, apple juice and applesauce have smaller waists and significantly less risk of metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of health problems linked to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. So says a new analysis of the government's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Details: Those who have a large apple or a cup of apple juice or applesauce a day are 21% more apt to have a slimmer waist and 37% less apt to have high blood pressure."
Article at: http://www.usaweekend.com/food/eatsmart/
]]>(LAKELAND, Fla.) – May 28, 2008 – Publix Super Markets and Produce for Kids® (PFK), an organization that promotes the benefits of healthy eating and supports worthy causes for children, today unveiled the “Get Healthy, Give Hope” campaign, a spring initiative that will raise money for local Children’s Miracle Network® (CMN) hospitals and encourage parents to add more fruits and vegetables to their kids’ diets. A Produce for Kids national research study released earlier this month revealed that only 18 percent of America’s children are eating the recommended three or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables, and 43 percent of kids have one or less daily serving of fresh produce. The study also showed that parents spend an average of just $103 per year on fruits – or $2.00 per week – and $114.62 on vegetables.
Encompassing over 930 stores in the Southeast, the campaign will start on June 5 and run through July 2. “Get Healthy, Give Hope” sponsors Country FreshTM Vegetable Platters; Crunch Pak® Sliced Apples; Del Monte Gold® Extra Sweet Pineapple; DOLE® Packaged Salads; Odwalla® Beverages; Shuman Produce’s REALSWEET® brand Vidalia® Onions and Tropicana® Pure Premium® Orange Juice will make a monetary donation for every fresh produce item purchased during the campaign. One hundred percent of the funds raised will benefit Children’s Miracle Network hospitals in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and South Carolina.
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