Posted on 02/09/2010 7:18:43 AM PST by maggief
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Oval Office
9:16 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I am so proud of the work that the First Lady, along with the Cabinet Secretaries behind me, have done in trying to tackle one of the most urgent health issues that we face in this country, and that is the increase of childhood obesity.
And because of the outstanding planning that they've done, they are going to be rolling out a terrific plan of action that involves the private sector as well as government agencies coordinating much more effectively a lot of public information out there to help parents make good decisions about allowing their children to be active and eating healthier.
And what the executive order I'm going to be signing today does is to create a 90-day plan that allows optimal coordination as we move forward, in addition to the coordination that we're doing with private sector companies and not-for-profits and other organizations out there that are interested in this issue.
So 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 in this kind of environment. And so I just want to say how proud I am of the First Lady for her outstanding work and I will now sign this order.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.suntimes.com ...
President Barack Obama signs a memorandum on childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House,Washington. Standing, from left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, first lady Michelle Obama, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
Fine. Let’s call it the health care bill & be done with it.
Just more blah blah blah and at the expense of the taxpayers....
Hey, Zero, how much is THIS going to cost us?
Michelle Fashion Police Alert Ping!
FReepmail GOP_Lady if you want on or off this ping list
Hey, Vilsak!
Where’s the bear?
When we going to stamp out stupidity?
for a nation with as many problems as it has he sure does have a mighty clean and clear desk....
want to do something about child obesity...put recess back into the elementary schools and let the kids run and play....middle and high put manadatory p.e. classes back in...we take away all this and then the kids get no exercise at all...what are we thinking....and yes parents...take away the vidio games and have the kids get off their butts and go outside and actually play....
Michelle should just butt out.
Looks like Resident Obamah doesn’t have much to work on these days, I’ve never seen a more empty desk-top.
Far more children have died of abortion than have fallen to the epidemic of Ho-Hos for breakfast.
MO looks like she could use a bit more exercise. Or at least buy clothes big enough to go around her waist.
Maybe one component of this should be educating our youth how to dress to accentuate good points and “tone down” those areas that could be mistaken for obesity...
Like avoiding sweaters that could never in a million years close at the bottom.
Mandatory Hula-Hooping for all?
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