Dr. Oz Visits Food Bank & Hiram Johnson High School

2012-05-03T02:49:18Z

Dr. Mehmet Oz, co-founder of HealthCorps with wife Lisa, made a productive visit to Sacramento recently.

Kids and grownups were equally excited.

At the request of an English teacher and students at Hiram Johnson High School, Dr. Oz and Lisa Oz responded - with a visit. It was part of their nationwide tour to kick-off HealthCorps, a nonprofit effort to battle childhood obesity by enlisting young people into a mentoring/monitoring effort at the high school level.

Perhaps the English class students nodding off in class decided to come up with a solution by having Dr. Oz suggest some ways to benefit the students.

A serious topic, eating healthy, became a healthy, fun, breakfast food challenge. They had 10 minutes!

The Healthy Breakfast Challenge involved four teams of students representing the HealthCorps after school program and 9th and 10th grade English class students that invited Dr. Oz.

A panel of judges included Dr. Oz and Lisa, and Montel Williams, television peronality, Anthem Blue Cross President Pam Kehaly and Sacramento King's Assistant Coach, Bobby Jackson.

Later that day, Dr. Oz made a surprise visit to the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services' Saca Community Learning Center which put smiles on many faces.

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Dr. Oz Visits Food Bank & Hiram Johnson High School