HOUSTON (Reuters) - Houston, we think we know why you have a problem.
In a bid to see its residents lose weight and get fit, the nation's fattest city turned on Tuesday to an unlikely partner -- McDonald's .
The fast-food giant which brought the world belt-busting Big Macs and Quarter Pounders was named the official restaurant sponsor of Get Lean Houston, a civic fitness program created after Men's Fitness magazine named the city the nation's fattest three years in a row.
Echoing a trend in the food industry to offer healthier options, McDonald's said along with its traditional burgers and fries it would offer a special low-fat menu of salads, chicken sandwiches and a veggie burger in its 253 Houston restaurants, as well as tips on how to get fit.
It plans to distribute pedometers to encourage customers to walk off those extra pounds.
http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/49711|oddlyenough|09-03-2003::10:12|reuters.html
In a bid to see its residents lose weight and get fit, the nation's fattest city turned on Tuesday to an unlikely partner -- McDonald's .
The fast-food giant which brought the world belt-busting Big Macs and Quarter Pounders was named the official restaurant sponsor of Get Lean Houston, a civic fitness program created after Men's Fitness magazine named the city the nation's fattest three years in a row.
Echoing a trend in the food industry to offer healthier options, McDonald's said along with its traditional burgers and fries it would offer a special low-fat menu of salads, chicken sandwiches and a veggie burger in its 253 Houston restaurants, as well as tips on how to get fit.
It plans to distribute pedometers to encourage customers to walk off those extra pounds.
http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/49711|oddlyenough|09-03-2003::10:12|reuters.html
