Please, MO, may I have some more?
Posted on 02/21/2013 3:00:18 PM PST by null and void
Today the White House credited Michelle Obama's three-year-old “Let's Move” initiative with halting and even reversing a thirty year trend of increasing childhood obesity, a trend that has led to what the Centers for Disease Control has called an epidemic. A press release from the Office of the First Lady announced details of a "two day nationwide tour" at the end of the month to celebrate the third anniversary of the program that promotes exercise and healthy eating habits to young people. The press release also included a short history of the program (emphasis added):
Mrs. Obama launched Let’s Move! on February 9, 2010 to unite the country around our kids’ health and create real support for families to live healthier lives. Since then parents, business leaders, educators, elected officials, military leaders, chefs, physicians, athletes, childcare providers, community and faith leaders and kids themselves have stepped up to improve the health of our nation’s children.
Thanks to these efforts, families now have access to more information to make healthier decisions for their children. Young people now have more opportunities for physical activity in their communities. Food in schools has been dramatically improved. More Americans now have access to healthy, affordable food closer to home. And the national childhood obesity rate has leveled off, and even declined in some cities and states.
The press release does not include any data to bolster the claim.
Mrs. Obama's nationwide tour will consist of stops in Clinton, Mississippi; Chicago, Illinois; and Springfield, Missouri. She will also make a pre-tour appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, to air on Friday, February 22.
This is so much horse dung.,
No one can reverse a 30 year trend in 3 years.
Has anyone noticed their kids or grandkids losing weight and excercising instead of playing video games? Hell no you haven’t.
Just another excuse for Michelle to fly around the country on our dime while Reggie and Obama enjoy being without her.
They’re making an inference with no data to back it up. But since they have the press in their pockets, they can continue to make up facts as they go.
That assertion is bolstered in part by a late-2012 report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — an organization that has been publicly supportive of the first lady’s initiative — that revealed a decline. (From The DC.)
Data? The leftists don't need no stinkin' REAL facts to back up their lies.
Reminds me of ol’ Baghdad Bob and his wild exaggerations!
before & after photos please
Where did I put my ‘eyeroll’ emoticon?
Ridiculous....It’s from passing out free condums in the schools....The kids are getting more excercise.
White House Credits ‘Let’s Move’ for Halting and Reversing Childhood Obesity Trend
Lets Move did it. Yeah, right.
Nanny State PING!
White House Credits ‘Let’s Move’ for Halting and Reversing Childhood Obesity Trend
Lets Move did it. Yeah, right.
Nanny State PING!
Get enough parents scratching to get by and everyone will get skinny.
Thanks for the ping!
Good grief! Childhood obesity conquered in four years! How ridiculously arrogant.
Please, MO, may I have some more?
But they can destroy a country in 4 years.
That’s it. A Baghdad Bob story! I’m laughing now!
Obama will get the job done , but it will take him 8 to do it right.
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