2008-08-01 23:45:02 -

- The nonprofit California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) will hold a news conference to release the findings of its investigation of the nutritional quality of children's meals at 13 major restaurant chains. The study calculates the number of possible meal combinations and determines the percentage that exceed recommended levels of calories, saturated fat and sodium.

Who: CCPHA

Executive Director Dr. Harold Goldstein

State Senator Alex Padilla, 20th District

What: CCPHA, in cooperation with the Washington, DC-based Center for Science in the Public Interest, releases Kids' Meals: Obesity on the Menu--its investigation into the nutritional quality of children's meals at top chain restaurants. CCPHA will display common children's meals from these chains and identify some of the worst choices as well as some of the healthier ones. CCPHA will also display new menu boards from New York City, which now requires chain restaurants to list calories.

When: 11 a.m. PDT on Monday, August 4, 2008

Where: Governor's Press Room, State Capitol, Sacramento, California

Media call-in conference line: (877) 719-9801

Embargo: This advisory is for planning purposes only, and the substantive information within is embargoed until 11 a.m. PDT on August 4.

The California Center for Public Health Advocacy is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization leading efforts in California to understand and address the state's growing obesity crisis.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is a nonprofit health advocacy group based in Washington, DC, that focuses on nutrition, food safety and pro-health alcohol policies. CSPI is supported by the 900,000 U.S. and Canadian subscribers to its Nutrition Action Healthletter and by foundation grants.

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