Uh-oh. Disney and First Lady Michelle Obama team up for 'Healthy Living.'

[onehandle]

So I assume the tearacists will declare war on Ye Ol' Mouse.
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The Magic of Healthy Living Arrives at Epcot

Happily ever after is the real magic behind good nutrition and exercise – in other words, it's all about experiencing a longer, happier, healthier life. But for 50 creative (and very lucky) kids, putting pen to paper provided just the right dose of "Abracadabra!" when their imaginative essays won them a dream weekend at Walt Disney World Resort.

After the "Magic of Healthy Living" contest was announced last fall, thousands of eight to 14 year olds across the country entered with hopes of hangin' at the Park with their favorite Disney Channel idols. Thanks to their eloquently expressed ideas about healthy lifestyles at home, school, and in their communities, the winners will do just that. From March 18 to 21, Walt Disney World Resort will host the first-ever Magic of Healthy Living: The Weekend – an inaugural experience taking place at Epcot's World Showcase to celebrate the spirit of living well.

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While the Weekend Event's going strong, attendees might consider taking in Epcot's annual International Flower & Garden Festival, which beautifully illustrates another facet of healthy living – gardening. Unleashing your inner gardener provides benefits beyond growing nutritious foods – it connects people to nature while they explore sustainability. Eleven-year-old gardening guru Katie Stagliano will encourage kids to get serious about seedlings by discussing which fruit, vegetable, and herb plants grow well in windowsill gardens, urban gardens, and gardens of the future ... backyards optional!

Sounds like the winners are in for quite a workout – fittingly enough, since staying active is one of the keys to living well. The Weekend Event is a natural extension of the Disney "Magic of Healthy Living" initiative, which was launched to help kids and families discover fun and easy ways to focus on fitness, health, and nutrition. Even First Lady Michelle Obama is on board. Mrs. Obama agreed to appear in a year-long series of public service announcements with Disney Channel's hottest stars after learning that the program's fundamental themes were aligned with the goals of her "Let's Move!" campaign to provide healthy choices for future generations.

http://disney.go.com/disneyfans/insider/article/20110301

[lib2DaBone]

1. I could have a longer, happier, healthier life ...if my job hadn't been sent to China....

.. and my house wasn't foreclosed
.. and gas was not $4 a gallon


:think:

[Buzz Clik]

2. Sounds bad.

Irrelevant to this thread, but bad.

[Mimosa]

3. *1,000 !!!!!

If a First Lady's last name was Bush, Reagan or Romney and repeatedly made alliances -for any reason- with powerful corporations, would we be trusting? Or would we be suspicious?

[rpannier]

4. They could organize a boycott of Disney

We saw how well that worked the last time they did it -- When Disney extended benefits to same sex partners in the 90's.
It failed miserably

Although a radio host I listened to supported the idea of a boycott. He said he was taking his family to Disney World that summer and if it meant even thirty less people there then he'd be okay with it.
When he came back he said he saw no difference in the crowds

[Jennicut]

6. Disney allows "Gay Days" to happen every year too, since the 90's.

They must be evil!

[RichGirl]

5. Can we PLEASE stop giving a damn what these nutcases think of Michelle!!

What next...are we going to ask Charlie Sheen what he thinks of unions??? Geez! I'm sick of this DEMOCRATIC site being obsessed with teabaggers.

[yellowcanine]

7. Mickey Mouse has been showing a lot of socialist tendancies lately.

What's up with that?