Sabrina Bryan, a member of themulti-platinum recording act TheCheetah Girls as well as star of the highly successful Disney movieseries of the same name, is partnering with Mission Foods in the fightagainst childhood obesity. With today's busy families finding fewer freemoments to prepare nutritious home-cooked meals, Sabrina and Mission Foodshave teamed up to show teenagers and their moms how to make quick, easy andnutritious meals using one of the most versatile items in their kitchenpantries, tortillas.

"Students these days are bombarded with lots of unhealthy choices,"explains Bryan. "That's what attracted me to partnering with MissionFoods. We're both committed to providing the resources and nutritionalelements for a healthy lifestyle. And at missionmenus.com there are tons ofgreat tasting, easy and nutritious tortillas recipes that kids of all agescan enjoy."

The pop star is also the national spokesperson for Healthy Kids Challenge(HKC), a non-profit organization which promotes healthy eating andlifestyle to school-aged children all over the US. This fall, HealthyKids Challenge introduces its first large-scale national event, "HealthyKids Dance for Health," sponsored by Mission Foods. It's an initiativeand fundraising campaign to promote staying fit using dance. As many as2200 schools in 200 cities are expected to participate. Events that raisethe most money will be eligible to win great prizes, with a grand prizethat includes a personal appearance and dance lessons from Sabrina Bryan.

"Obesity tends to persist through life," says Vickie James, a registereddietician and founder of the Healthy Kids Challenge. "Our mission is tohelp all kids, regardless of weight, have more opportunities and develophealthy habits with eating and physical activity."

Mission Foods will also be sponsoring HKC's Kids C.A.N. Recipe Challenge,an annual recipe contest for 7th & 8th grade classes across the U.S at thebeginning of each school year. It helps kids learn the fundamentals ofhow to make healthy choices for themselves. You can hear firsthand whySabrina has joined Mission and the Healthy Kids Challenge organization incaring for our next generation, at www.missionmenus.com.

About Mission Foods

Mission Foods, headquartered in Irving (Dallas area), Texas and GrumaS.A.B. de C.V., a Mexican corporation, was founded in 1949, and is one ofthe largest tortilla manufacturers in the United States. Gruma S.A. de C.V.is the parent company of Mission Foods (Gruma Corporation) and is a leadingMexican producer of corn masa flour and tortilla products. It hasoperations in Mexico, the United States, Central and South America, Europeand Asia. For more information, please visit www.missionmenus.com.

About Healthy Kids Challenge

Originally created in 1998 for Cooking Light Magazine bynutritionist and registered dietician Vickie James, RD, LD, the non-profitorganization began as a pilot program to guide schools in providing kidswith simple and fun ways to support healthy eating and physical activitylifestyle habits. For more information, log ontowww.healthykidschallenge.org.

(1) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(2) 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

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