Besides being the wife of the United States of America's 44th President and having 2 daughters of her own, Michelle Obama is a huge advocate...especially on Childhood Obesity.
And political views aside I think we can all agree that her "Let's Move" campaign is a long time coming and a top priority for all families.....as well as a good ol'.....FANTASTIC idea!
Her efforts in the fight against childhood obesity is why we honor Mrs. Michelle Obama this week for Mother's Day.
What is "Let's Move"?
Let's Move! "is a campaign to end childhood obesity in the United States. The campaign was started by First LadyMichelle Obama. The initiative has the initially stated goal of "solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight." Wikipedia "Let's Move"
The Let's Move initiative is focused towards the health of children. It helps provided schools, communities and families the tools they need to help kids be more active, eat better and get healthy.
Let's Move's Four Key Components:
Making Healthy Choices
Healthier Food in School
Access to Healthy Affordable Food
Increasing Physical Activity and Education
Michelle and "Let's Move" have been working in communities to create healthy kid friendly recipes, show families and children how to plant, grow and harvest their own garden and the importance of why.
How to portion control in a kid friendly way with "MyPlate"
She also made a very special appearance on The Biggest Loser, worked out with the biggest loser and their families and issued a challenge to all Americans.
Why is all this important? Here's the facts...
"Obesity by the numbers
Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. The numbers are even higher in African American and Hispanic communities, where nearly 40% of the children are overweight or obese. If we don't solve this problem, one third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives. Many others will face chronic obesity-related health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma."~Let's Move
Do we really want that for our CHILDREN?? I sure don't! If you want to do something to help this epidemic, learn more, or get some great ideas for your family please follow this link to Let's Move.Gov for more info!
Michelle even teamed up with Beyonce Knowles and Swizz Beatz to create a song to help promote the "Lets Move Flash Workout" in hopes to get kids dancing and moving. There was even a music video released:
~Love a mom whos trying to keep ALL our kiddos healthy~
Bree and J
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My mind is always working...figuring out the next thing...planning ahead...WAY ahead and figuring out my next genius move! LOL! I always hate staying up late dreaming and thinking and planning...yes it is fun but i will never get this sleep back and my kids have NO sympathy and theres only so much coffee can do...and yet I'm still talking to blogger land.
Anyways, I've been thinking of adding alittle more personal touches weekly. The blog view response has been wonderfully AMAZING and taken off quickly! We are so excited to really start working on some awesome things! Can't make any announcements yet but it's super fun for us so it of course will be super fun for you! So beyond our feature of the month and our normal blogger blogging for you we will be letting you into our lives in hopes that you can get to know Jessi and myself better. We both think you'll REALLY like us! ;) LOL! Talk to you soon! Get some sleep will ya! ;)
Yawn~
Bree
