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Laila Ali helping low-income kids eat more nutritiously

With the last name Ali, you know you've got to fight, and fight big. That's what Laila Ali - daughter of heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali - knows best.

She's battled in the boxing ring, where's she's the current undefeated women's super middleweight champion. She's battled on TV, where she finished third in last season's ABC celebrity competition "Dancing With the Stars."

And now she's using her high profile to fight a different fight, one particularly close to her heart.

"Everything I choose to do right now and in the future has to focus on wellness," says the 29-year-old athlete.

One of those efforts was to partner with Uncle Ben's brand rice to support the America's Second Harvest Kids Cafe Program, which provides nutritious meal and snack options for low-income children.

Ali admits to not being aware of the numbers (reportedly 12 million children go hungry or are at risk of going hungry in the U.S   Read Full Article...