Dallas-area hospitals focus on health

Nov. 9—At the newly opened Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance, in Fort Worth, deep fryers are nowhere to be found, so forget about chicken wings.

At Baylor Health Care System, you won’t find Coke or Cheetos in vending machines — just shelves lined with Diet Coke, bottled water, baked chips and granola bars.

And at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, color-coded stickers tell you whether your snack-machine choices are good for your body or sinfully naughty.

As New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg draws headlines for his moves to rid the city’s hospitals of unhealthful fare, Dallas hospitals already have similar measures under way with discounted healthful-meal options in addition to leaner snack foods and no-trans-fats policies.