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First Lady takes on Childhood Obesity

Posted on 02/08/2010 08:51 am by Mable Yee

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First Lady Michelle Obama recently announced a national initiative on Fighting Childhood Obesity. The statistics are startling: one out of 3 kids in the U.S. are either overweight or obese. The national trends indicates that our children are on track to becoming the first generation of children to be less healthy and live a shorter life span than their parents. It is a huge problem with significant implications and outcomes in the years ahead. The First Lady has taken on this initiative and has convened a number of cabinet level members, departments and resources to begin to put together a long term plan on how to solve this issue. As she says “this is eminently a solvable problem”. Their long term goal is to change the health status of this country’s children.

We will be tracking this health intitiative, participating and communicating on this critical issue that affects all of us. We will be reaching out to you for your ideas, suggestions and comments. Stay tuned.