Posted on 05/09/2012 8:28:41 AM PDT by IbJensen
(CNSNews.com) – A White House chef told health professionals on Monday that obesity endangers national security as well as people’s health – and that’s why he and many other people have embraced First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign.
“What motivates us is not just the fact that one in three Americans will have diabetes in their lifetime if we don’t change course, but the impact that it is having on our economy, on our health care system or our kids’ ability to learn, Sam Kass said. “It’s not just the fact that obesity may be our nation’s greatest national security threat, although all those reasons are of vital importance,” he added.
Kass was the personal chef for the Obama family before they moved into the White House. He’s now an assistant chef and food initiative coordinator at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
On Monday, at a “Weight of the Nation” event hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Washington, Kass said he and Mrs. Obama are “dedicating the rest of our lives to the well-being of the next generation.”
“This is our life’s work,” Kass said. “The first lady dedicated her time and passion at the White House because this issue meant most to her as a mother and as an American.”
Kass said “Let’s Move” has made a difference since it was launched in February 2010.
On Feb. 9, 2012, marking the initiative’s second anniversary at an event in Iowa, the first lady heard “touching personal stories” about “how Let’s Move had changed their lives, how they’re eating wholesome food and having fun moving,” Kass said.
“The energy of those 14,000 kids dancing and cheering for fruits and vegetables – it was amazing – reminds me of just how far we’ve come from those conversations around the kitchen table in Chicago to those first plants we put in the ground (at the White House),” Kass said.
Ahead of Kass’ remarks, Mrs. Obama addressed the crowd by video: “We are truly making a difference,” but there is still "a long way to go,” she said.
Hundreds of health professionals from the public and private sector attended the event, which included a wide range of sessions covering everything from food marketing to children, weight bias and discrimination, healthy hospital food and beverages, and a panel discussion on “New Angles on Implementing a Healthy School Food/Nutrition Environment.”
Perhaps he'll share his recipe for cooking dog with collard greens.
Actually, I think it’s all the fat heads in America that are our greatest security risk.
Liberalism is our greatest national security threat.
But wait....I thought global warming was our biggest threat.
Starvation and communism go hand in hand.
fixed it
Where do these idiots come from? Worse yet are the idiots who believe their brain-dead propaganda.
Pack this Peckerwood up and ship his butt back to wherever he came from. If he was really into stopping obesity, he would have done something about FLOTUS’ chicken and waffles rear-end.
Our biggest security threat starts with an “O” alright, but it’s not Obesity...it’s Obama.
sigh..what next..
"White House YardMan: 'Insect Infestation May Be Our Nation's Greatest National Security Threat'
I think the White House Chef has been staring at Michelle’s ass for too long......
White House groundskeeper: Canadian thistles may be our nation's greatest security threat.
White House carpenter: dryrot is the enemy of the free world.
White House cleaning crew: hard water spots are sure to kill us all by next month.
White House electrician: 350 million people are killed every day because of improper grounding.
Kass was their personal chef prior to moving into the Whitehouse?
Why Obama, how positively Romney of you.....
Clearly Creating a large diversion across the nation so Obama’s failures are less in the public view...and perhaps a signal that Chris Cristie will not be a VP....
And the fact that he is sucking up to his employer had nothing, I repeat: nothing to do with it.
What happened to the generation of self help books and millions on exercise classes, equipment, etc that people only need to feel good about themselves and that being fat or thin did not matter?
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