Michelle Obama: “Let’s Move” Details Childhood Obesity Battle Plan

9 February

Posted by admin in Fitness | Nutrition | Parents

The folks at CNN released the details of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Campaign as she fills in the blanks of her plan to fight childhood obesity.  In support of the effort, President Obama pushes for a task force and has some strong words in support of the battle:

President Obama signed a memorandum earlier Tuesday morning establishing a federal task force to tackle childhood obesity, calling it “one of the most urgent health issues that we face in this country.” “We think that this has enormous promise in improving the health of our children, in giving support to parents to make the kinds of healthy choices that oftentimes are very difficult.”

The first Lady’s effort is largely focused on making changes to diet and policy.  There is a lack of emphasis on real changes to physical education in schools or any real encouragement to get kids active.  She mentions cutting back on television time but no real focus on specific activites or programs, like GoTrybe, to divert some of that sedentary screen time (watching television) into Active Screen Time.

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