Let’s Move — Michelle Obama’s Campaign Against Childhood Obesity

It may sound impossible, but Michelle Obama, the self-proclaimed “Mom-In-Chief“, has made it her goal to end childhood obesity within a generation.  (You can read the official memorandum here). Though, really, her campaign began long before the official Let’s Move program.  She reinstated the White House garden – the first since seen since Elanor Roosevelt [...]

February 27, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Health, Politics  8 Comments

Michelle Obama, The New First Lady Of The Food Movement

For a while now, I’ve been saying that we need an Al Gore for the food movement.  The food movment needs a good salesman and a connector, someone with ties to the ‘inside’.  More importantly, the food movement needs someone that the public recognizes and trusts to have their interests at heart.  With Michelle [...]

June 22, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Health, Politics  3 Comments