NBA and Tyson Visit Houston as part of “Es tu Cancha (It’s Your Court)’ Program

“NBA en Español, the National Basketball Association’s U.S. Hispanic initiative, and Tyson Foods, the world’s largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef and pork, announced today the ground breaking of a basketball court in Houston, the final to be refurbished as part of the joint U.S. Hispanic initiative that will renovate a total of five courts across the U.S. in 2006. Using basketball as a vehicle to promote physical activity, the program also targets the growing incidence of childhood obesity, which disproportionately affects Latino youth in comparison to non-Hispanic adolescents. Prior to visiting Houston, the program made its way to New York, San Antonio, Chicago and Miami. “

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