Posted on 02/08/2010 8:06:33 AM PST by GOP_Lady
First Lady Michelle Obama is planning an elaborate unveiling on Tuesday of the anti-childhood obesity drive she is leading.
Mrs. Obama's East Wing said she will be "joined by members of the president's cabinet, as well as media, sports, entertainment, and business leaders," plus mayors, member of the medical community and others at the White House event. On Tuesday evening, Mrs. Obama will sit down with CNN's Larry King for an interview about obesity and her first year as first lady. She will take questions from viewers.
"Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled; nearly one third of children in America are now overweight or obese," the East Wing said in a statement. "The First Lady will announce the elements of the nationwide campaign, which will put us on track to solve the problem of childhood obesity in a generation."
She should use the toxin tainted vegetables out of the white house garden. That would cause people to lose weight.
This is one area, Michelle can't screw up in, because school food can't get any worse.
Besides, as long as she's trying to make school food healthier, she's not causing trouble elsewhere.
I noticed they have giant cartfuls of processed foods, baked goods etc.
I guess if you aren’t paying for it you can afford to eat in excess.
To those who have some food stamps and don’t pig out, I apologize.
No kidding! Better a “debut” than an “unveiling”, huh??? LOL
Should the woman with the largest ass in Washington really be the spokesperson for obesity?
LOL
Mo needs to look in the mirror, and practice what she preaches before she can have ANY credibility on this issue. The woman is huge!
She should tell the kids to start smoking. Works for her hubby.
The list, ping
I didn’t know that Hillary was making a speech today! :-)
To be serious, at least MO has ankles! Mz. Hillary “Pantsuit” has those horrendous “cankles” (def: Where the calf meets the foot in an abrupt, nontapering terminus).
Really??
Will she be wearing this . . .
“Besides, as long as she’s trying to make school food healthier, she’s not causing trouble elsewhere.”
Actually, this is a golden opportunity for her to create trouble elsewhere. She should be pressed hard on the question whether obese people—who demonstrably have higher health costs, as hundreds of scientific studies attest—should be expected to pay higher premiums under Obamacare. If she says yes, Dems will howl that she is victim-blaming. If she says no, it undercuts her claims about personal responsibility. After all, her entire campaign is premised on the idea that changes in behavior will make a difference. If obesity is beyond a person’s control, that might be a legitimate reason not to unfairly penalize them for “bad genes” etc. But it also means any campaign to change behavior is fruitless since “my genes made me eat” will be the default excuse. If she truly believes people should take responsibility, then it will be entertaining to see her try to explain why charging obese people for their excess health costs is illegitimate.
I remember the press ridicule Nancy Reagan took for “Just say no”. I’m sure that Michelle Obama will face the same.
As it is, there have already been schemes afloat to tax most sugary items such as soda. Now, I have diabetes, but from time to time my blood glucose gets too low, and the best way to raise that level is to drink something sugary such as soda. So....every time my blood glucose gets too low, I'm going to be penalized with a tax on the beverages that bring me back to normal. All because some kid with irresponsible parents or guardians don't keep their children from consuming this stuff in excess. That is asinine.
We are facing losses of various freedoms. Sorry but I don't want to lose another. That is what this obesity campaign is going to do eventually.
People would recognize that as a no win question and she would get sympathy just because someone asked it of her.
Here come the “junk food” taxes!
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