First Lady Launches Anti-Obesity Campaign for Kids while Haitian Kids Go Hungry, Waste Away & Die

Bad Timing I would say, I dont care how "pudgy" her daughters are getting. Now is not the time; People ARE starving in Haiti and all over the world..
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Michelle Obama makes obesity campaign personal



By NANCY BENAC
Witchita Eagle

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - First lady Michelle Obama framed her national campaign against childhood obesity in intensely personal terms Thursday, relating that her own daughters were starting to get off-track before the family's pediatrician gave her a wake-up call and warned her to watch it.

"In my eyes, I thought my children were perfect," the first lady said. "I didn't see the changes."

But the family's pediatrician, she said, kept a close eye on trends in African-American children and "warned that he was concerned that something was getting off-balance." The doctor "cautioned me that I had to take a look at my own children's BMI," or body mass index, the first lady said.



Mrs. Obama said parents often recognize that kids in general don't eat right and aren't exercising enough, but "we always think that only happens to someone else's kids, and I was in that position."

"Even though I wasn't exactly sure at that time what I was supposed to do with this information about my children's BMI, I knew that I had to do something," she said. "I had to lead our family to a different way."



The first lady said that over the next few months she made some small changes that got her daughters back on track. No more weekday TV. More attention to portion sizes. Low-fat milk. Water bottles in the lunch boxes. Grapes on the breakfast table. Apple slices at lunch. Colorful vegetables on the dinner table.



"It was really very minor stuff, but these small changes resulted in some really significant improvements, and I didn't know it would," Mrs. Obama said. "It was so significant that the next time we visited our pediatrician, he was amazed. He looked over the girls' charts and he said, 'What on earth are you doing?'"

Mrs. Obama said that's the message she hopes to share in her anti-obesity campaign, that "small changes can lead to big results."



The first lady made her remarks at a YMCA in Alexandria, Va., where she appeared with Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Dr. Judith Palfrey, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Benjamin released a report that serves as an update to a 2001 surgeon general's report that was a call to action against obesity.

"Although we've made some strides since 2001," Benjamin said, "the number of Americans - like me - who are struggling with their weight and health conditions related to their weight, remains too high."

Almost one-third of kids are at least overweight; about 17 percent are obese.

The Original article first appeared in the link below;
http://www.kansas.com/news/related/story/1157239.html

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and read about the people still hungry in Haitai by clicking on to the title above,...but also be sure to read the latest reports coming out of Haiti by finding your way to the link below

Update from Haitai - "Boots on the Ground" Report;
http://publikeye.blogspot.com/2010/02/us-to-blame-for-lack-of-acess-to.html
U.S. to Blame for Lack of Critical Pediatric Care


and be sure to go to the link below to see what I thought to be the First Ladys First Incident of really Bad Taste;

http://greedybastardsclub.blogspot.com/2009/05/michelle-obombas-sneakers.html

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: The USDA has also embraced the anti-fat-american-kids-campaign; Kinda makes ya wonder, what came first; The Obomba "Chicken" or the USDA "Egg" of an idea?

USDA aims to promote healthy options in schools

By Tom Karst Published on 02/08/2010 05:03PM

The New York Times reported Feb. 7 that excerpts of Vilsack’s speech obtained by the paper indicate that the USDA will take the position that vending machines in schools be “filled with nutritious offerings to make the healthy choice the easy choice for our nation’s children.”
The Obama administration was poised to support Democrat-sponsored legislation to ban sugary beverages and candy from schools and require schools to offer more nutritious fare.

Meanwhile, the USDA has been reaching out to editorial boards to attract support for its campaign to improve child nutrition fight obesity.

“The USDA recommends setting higher standards for all foods sold in school, including in vending machines and a la carte lines, and related policies and programs to ensure that the school environment is a positive influence on children’s diets, their physical activity choices, and their health,” according to a release from the department.

http://thepacker.com/USDA-aims-to-promote-healthy-options-in-schools/Article.aspx?oi