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With childhood obesity affecting around one-third of every child in the U.S., First Lady Michelle Obama has begun a major crackdown on the epidemic. The announcement was made on Tuesday, and President Obama signed an executive memorandum setting up a task force on obesity to be led by the First Lady, reported AFP."My administration is committed to redoubling our efforts to solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective...
PLANO, Texas, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) has joined First Lady Michelle Obama and other leading beverage companies to improve product labeling by listing calories more prominently on containers, vending machines and fountain equipment. In Washington, D.C. today, the First Lady announced her goal to eliminate childhood obesity in a generation. In launching the "Let's Move" campaign, the First Lady aims to help parents deal with what many consider a...
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- First Lady Michelle Obama will be featured in NBC Universal's award-winning "The More You Know" public service campaign with messages about fighting childhood obesity. The PSAs are part of her nationwide effort to help kids lead healthier and longer lives, a goal also supported by "Healthy at NBCU," NBC Universal's company-wide health and wellness initiative.The PSAs featuring the First Lady will begin airing in the coming weeks across NBCU...
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by PolicyLink CEO Angela Glover Blackwell: "Reversing the childhood obesity epidemic will require the kind of clear-eyed and compassionate leadership Michelle Obama demonstrated today. "As the First Lady stressed, too many of our children attend schools loaded with chips and soda -- and few healthy food options. For many black and Latino children, however, that bleak food landscape extends far beyond the school yard....
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) welcomes and applauds the effort of First Lady Michelle Obama, who announced a new campaign to combat childhood obesity today. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090324/DC88061LOGO-b) AACE and the American College of Endocrinology (ACE), have initiated a number of programs and activities that will complement her efforts. "First Lady Obama's actions will also help to...
~More than 40 food and beverage company leaders send letter of support to Mrs. Obama~ WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The food and beverage industry applauds First Lady Michelle Obama for her leadership on this critical health issue," said Bailey. "Leadership from the Obama Administration as highlighted today by the First Lady will be extraordinarily helpful as we all work to solve this critical issue. Everyone has a role to play, including our industry. That is why in...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National League of Cities (NLC) would like to commend First Lady Michelle Obama for spearheading the administration-wide effort to combat childhood obesity announced today. The First Lady's work will have an immensely positive effect on our nation's health and wellness. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081022/NLCLOGO) The obesity campaign announced by the First Lady shows an understanding that municipal leaders need to play an...
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sodexo, Inc., world leader in Quality of Daily Life solutions, serving more than 2.8 million school meals daily to students in more than 470 school districts nationwide, announced today its participation in First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign to eliminate childhood obesity within a generation. Collectively, Sodexo and its industry partners serve over 750 million school meals annually. The agreement will affect 135,000 students in the 2010-2011...
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami announced today that Nickelodeon will join the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, in her nationwide Let's Move www.LetsMove.gov campaign to solve the problem of childhood obesity in this generation. Nickelodeon will offer its resources and research to the campaign, including kid and family-targeted PSAs featuring the First Lady, and special programming events on its channels and websites. "Nickelodeon is...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michelle Obama may be the first African-American first lady, but in other respects she's not that different from her predecessors, says Wake Forest University Professor of Political Science Kathy Smith, who studies first ladies. "Michelle Obama offers continuity to the past with her traditional interpretation of the first lady role," says Smith, the author of a chapter on Rosalynn Carter in the book "American First Ladies" and...
