Michelle Obama Lets Move

The Weight of the Nation

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.15.2012

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Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

We now must act boldly to combat the obesity epidemic. There are many opportunities across the lifespan, but it will require a shift in social norms and an unprecedented social movement for obesity prevention.

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WNBA Cares Week

Todd Jacobson | Posted 05.10.2012

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Todd Jacobson

A group of young girls waits eagerly on a dirt-floored basketball court as Tamika Raymond or Ruth Riley or Tamika Catchings approaches. The moment the player steps on to the court, a look of hope and joy overcomes the youth.

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The Austin Food and Wine Festival Draws Close and the City Intensifies Crush on Chef Paul Qui

Stephanie Keller | Posted 04.09.2012

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Stephanie Keller

With the windfall of celebration that followed his victory on Bravo's Top Chef, Paul Qui has become a veritable ambassador for Austin to the culinary world and one of the city's biggest champions.

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PHOTOS: Michelle Obama's Sporty Look In The White House Garden

The Huffington Post | Michelle Manetti | Posted 03.26.2012

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The first lady continued her "Let's Move!" campaign as she hosted the White House Kitchen Garden 2012 spring event on Monday. Mrs. Obama was joine...

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Michelle Obama Defends Anti-Obesity Campaign To 11-Year-Old Reporter

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 03.12.2012

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In a newly released video surfaced by The Hill, Michelle Obama defends her anti-obesity program against critics while talking with an 11-year-old repo...

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Bo Obama Wears Bunny Ears, Lays An Egg

Posted 03.01.2012

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"First Dog" Bo Obama wore bunny ears and appeared to lay an egg in a video released by the White House on Wednesday about the upcoming White House Eas...

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Michelle Obama: 'At One Point I Was Normal'

AP | By NANCY BENAC | Posted 02.11.2012

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DALLAS -- In just the past few days, she's danced with cheering school kids, chatted with troops, swapped ideas with busy parents and engaged in a fri...

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WATCH: Michelle Obama Kicks Jimmy Fallon's Butt

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 02.08.2012

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Here's a tip: never challenge Michelle Obama to a push-up contest. Ellen DeGeneres made that mistake once and Jimmy Fallon made it last night. ...

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WATCH: Michelle Obama, Jimmy Fallon Face-Off At The White House

Posted 02.08.2012

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Michelle Obama. Jimmy Fallon. Let the games begin. On Tuesday night's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," the First Lady invited Fallon to the White Ho...

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Fighting Childhood Obesity On All Fronts

Darell Hammond | Posted 04.08.2012

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Darell Hammond

With a 29 percent increase of childhood obesity in neighborhoods without a park or playground, this is an effort that should be applauded beyond KaBOOM!, whose vision is a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America.

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21st Century First Lady Michelle Obama on the First Day of Black History Month

Irena Medavoy | Posted 04.03.2012

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Irena Medavoy

The world is hearing and watching Black History Month because of the Obama family. We are proud of them. Grateful to them. And celebrate them and all who went before and who will come after.

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First Lady Promoting Healthy Food In Low-Income Neighborhoods

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 04.02.2012

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Michelle Obama says a proposed new supermarket in the middle of a blue-collar Hispanic neighborhood in Southern California is an ...

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School Lunches Get Healthier, But Pizza Is Still a Vegetable

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 04.01.2012

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

The program will affect the nearly 32 million kids who participate in subsidized school lunch programs each day -- many of whom get half their daily calories from these meals. What's different?

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First Lady In The House

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 02.01.2012

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First Lady Michelle Obama is back in the Southland for the next two days, and she's here to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of her anti-childhood obesit...

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A Real Choice for Parents on Their Kids' Health

Maya Uppaluru | Posted 02.04.2012

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Maya Uppaluru

The real enemy of a parent's right to choose what their children eat is the scarcity of healthy food options in many American schools and neighborhoods -- not government public health interventions.

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PHOTOS: Michelle Breaks Out The Brights For New Orleans

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.02.2012

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If there's one thing Michelle Obama loves (besides fighting childhood obesity and lecturing on nutrition, of course), it's a good neon. So we were...

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WATCH: Soft-Drink Companies Target Black And Hispanic Youth, Study Finds

Posted 12.31.2011

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A new report from Yale University found that beverage companies are targeting children, particularly black and Hispanic youths, in their sales campaig...

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Michelle Obama Reveals Cookbook Plans

Posted 12.25.2011

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Michelle Obama may not be a chef, but we have a feeling that it won't matter. Michelle Obama's first cookbook, American Grown: How the White House Kit...

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Michelle Obama On Motherhood: 'I Am Just Hoping That I Don't Mess Them Up'

Posted 12.19.2011

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Mothers everywhere have their share of critics, ready to cast stones at the first sight of a pacifier, a TV, or McDonald's Happy Meal. Now imagine put...

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Students Do Jumping Jacks With The First Lady To Set Record

AP | By STACY A. ANDERSON | Posted 12.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama is trying to help set a world record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. An overcast...

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PHOTOS: Michelle Obama's Jumping Jack Party!

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 12.11.2011

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Michelle Obama continued her "get fit!" campaign with a major goal: a world record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. An...

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Keri Hilson Hosts 'Project Butterfly' In Support Of Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign

Posted 11.26.2011

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First Beyonce joined Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign, adapting her hit "Get Me Bodied" into a workout-worthy routine called "Move Your Body." Now...

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Michelle Obama Jumps Double Dutch, Nickelodeon Suspends Programming To Promote Healthy Living (VIDEO)

Posted 10.31.2011

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She's danced and Dougied her way around the world to promote her "Let's Move!" campaign aimed at solving the epidemic of childhood obesity. FLOTUS' ne...

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As Washington Tightens Its Belt, Kids Get Squeezed

Mark Shriver | Posted 10.19.2011

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Mark Shriver

At this moment, we can't only ask our politics to be less divided by ideology, we must also insist that it be less divided by generation. If we fail, the news of child poverty ten years from now will be even worse than today.

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Satirical Cooking Show Aims To Help First Lady's Food Cause

Turnstyle | Posted 09.19.2011

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Turnstyle

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