Michele Obama single handedly does more for real health care than entire US Congress [View All]

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I just love this woman!!

First lady asks foodmakers to be on front line tackling childhood obesity
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/16/AR2010031603620.html

Michelle Obama on Tuesday called on corporate food giants such as Coca-Cola, General Mills and Kraft Foods to step up efforts to produce more healthful food and then market that, rather than junk food, to children.

Speaking at a meeting of the Grocery Manufacturers Association on Tuesday, Obama said she hopes to see a fundamental shift: "We need you not just to tweak around the edges, but to entirely rethink the products that you're offering, the information that you provide about these products and how you market those products to our children."...

"We can build shiny new supermarkets on every block, but we need those supermarkets to actually provide healthy options at prices people can afford," she said. "And we can insist that our schools serve better food, but we need to actually produce that food. And we can give parents all the information in the world, but they still won't have time to untangle labels filled with 10-syllable words or do long division with these portion sizes. And that's really where you come in."...

"This isn't about finding creative ways to market products as healthy," she said. "As you know, it's about producing products that actually are healthy -- products that can help shape the health habits of an entire generation."...

"If there is anyone here who can sell food to our kids, it's you. You know what gets their attention. You know what makes that lasting impression," she said. "You know what gets them to drive their parents crazy in the grocery store. And I'm here today to ask you to use that knowledge and that power to our kids' advantage."...







She really gets it! :applause: :loveya: