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In CO, WalMart's Recipe for Healthier Foods Praised

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Friday, January 21, 2011   

DENVER - A push by Walmart to get healthier foods on its store shelves is being praised by a Colorado organization. "Cooking Matters" helps low-income Coloradans learn how to avoid high-fat, high-sugar, high-sodium products by making their own meals.

Ruth Stemler, Colorado director of the Share our Strength "Cooking Matters" program, says 6,000 families statewide took the course last year. Their program teaches people how to understand food labels and find the best products at the lowest cost and then transform those ingredients into a healthy meal.

"What families lack, many times, is those quick tips that they need to actually prepare a healthy meal, a low-cost meal, and a meal that doesn't take hours of preparation time."

Walmart announced Thursday it will be cutting unhealthy fats, sugars and salts from thousands of its house-branded products - and encourage its suppliers, like Kraft, to do the same on their products. The company also plans to cut prices on fresh fruits and vegetables.

Stemler says a corporation like Walmart - with huge purchasing power - can make a real impact on the marketplace.

"Many of our families do have a very limited budget, and they do need to shop at the very lowest-cost grocery store. This will help our work as we teach them how to shop for healthy choices."

Stemler says over "Cooking Matters'" 16-year-history in Colorado, they've documented lasting changes in the eating behavior - and health - of participants.

"We teach families very practical, hands-on skills that they can use at the grocery store to empower them to make those healthy choices."

The "Cooking Matters" program is available in 27 counties across the state in both rural and urban communities.

More information on "Cooking Matters" is available at http://cookingmatters.org/cooking-matters-colorado/.




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