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The students tending the community garden at Luther Burbank High School are just what Dr. Mehmet Oz ordered.
Best known as host of "The Dr. Oz Show," the Emmy Award-winning TV personality and heart surgeon visited the home of the Titans on Saturday to launch his HealthCorps program in Sacramento.
HealthCorps' mission is to fight childhood obesity at American high schools through health, exercise and nutrition outreach. With help from Mayor Kevin Johnson, HealthCorps is being initiated locally at Burbank High and Sacramento Charter High School.
The produce from Burbank's garden will ultimately be used in the school's lunch program and donated to homeless shelters.
"HealthCorps is based on two things: good policy and good politics," said Oz. "We were looking for a strong mayor and strong school leadership. Put those things together and you've got the recipe to make Sacramento grow."
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/24/3127291/dr-oz-brings-garden-program-to.html
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