Press Conference - Ready-To-Eat Cereal for Breakfast...Leaner Children

When: 10:00 a.m. Monday February 25, 2013
Where: Texas Diabetes Institute, 701 South Zarzamora St, San Antonio, TX 78207

Everyone is invited to attend...open to the public... 

Texas Diabetes Institute
701 South Zarzamora St
San Antonio, TX 78207

CONTACTS

Alexander Baez, SHRC
1-866-676-7472
abaez@sahrc.org

Announcement

“Ready-To-Eat Cereal Consumption Study” Association between Frequency of Ready-To-Eat Cereal Consumption, Nutrient Intakes and Body Mass Index in 4th - 6th Grade Low-Income Minority Children. A longitudinal study was conducted by the Social & Health Research Center investigators to determine the impact of breakfast type on childhood obesity. Three days of dietary intake, height and weight were collected yearly. Three groups of children were identified according to the most frequent breakfast type consumed: 1) ready-to-eat cereals (RTEC) with milk, 2) breakfast typically high in fat and refined flour, and 3) no breakfast. Over the 3-year study, children who consumed RTEC breakfast were significantly leaner than children in the other two breakfast types. This study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and it will be published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Presenters:
George Hernandez, CEO, University Health System  
Dr. Roberto P. Treviño, Director, SHRC
Lana Balvin Frantzen, Phd, VP Health & Wellness, Dairy MAX

For interviews and materials, please call and email: Alexander Baez at 1.866.676.7472/abaez@sahrc.org