What can be done for children who are obese or bigger than it is healthy for them to be? In searching for answers, we reached out to nutritionist Maria Elena Capra Seoane who offered some great advice.
A woman in North Dakota is just asking for her house to get egged and tepeed this Halloween. The meanie, who only called herself "Cheryl", plans to give chubby kids who come to her house looking for candy a letter telling them they're too fat to eat candy.
(Washington Post) — Some Republicans watching the cluttered 2012 presidential field may have found an unlikely point of disagreement: the first lady and flab. Sarah Palin has taken to assailing Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity initiative on her reality show and elsewhere, while former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, the Republican Party’s resident authority on obesity and a potential Palin rival, has […]
(Politics Daily) — The House on Thursday passed a child nutrition bill that contains elements crucial to First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” anti-childhood obesity drive launched last February. The measure passed 264-157 after President Obama and White House Chief of Staff Pete Rouse helped calm Congressional Black Caucus fears that the poor will get […]
(The Root) — Children as young as age 2 are seeing more fast-food ads than ever before, and restaurants rarely offer parents the healthy kids’-meal choices, according to a new study from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The new evaluation, the most comprehensive study of fast-food nutrition and marketing ever conducted, shows […]
While Michelle Obama is campaigning for better nutrition, the USDA is endorsing more saturated fats to help businesses like Domino's Pizza.
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(Black America Web) — First lady Michelle Obama urged Congress to pass legislation that calls for higher nutritional standards for school meals. In an op-ed essay appearing in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post, Mrs. Obama wrote that the Child Nutrition Bill would require more fruits, vegetables and whole grains and less fat and salt in […]
The first lady speaks to the Civil Rights organization and stands against childhood obesity.
(KansasCity.com) — First lady Michelle Obama still recalls that little brown paper bag from her childhood. It was stuffed with penny candy from the corner store and hidden under her bed. “You didn’t eat it all at once because you never knew when you’d see another piece of candy,” she told those attending the NAACP convention […]