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WNBA Cares Week

Todd Jacobson | Posted 05.10.2012

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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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WATCH: Sam Kass Talks Cooking For The First Family

Posted 05.03.2012

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It seems like every food lover has a little bit of a crush on Sam Kass, the assistant chef and senior policy advisor for healthy food initiatives for ...

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Obama Administration Embraces Video Games To Promote Fitness

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 05.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Video games, long demonized by public health officials and parents for contributing to sedentary habits and obesity among children, scor...

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Celebrate National Park Week April 21-29

Neil Mulholland | Posted 04.23.2012

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This week we celebrate our national parks and the great stories they tell. But the question is -- are the right people listening?

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Catholic Charities Moves On Childhood Obesity

Posted 04.13.2012

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By Tom Gallagher National Catholic Reporter Chicago agency ties federal awareness campaign to long-standing food programs Theologians who stud...

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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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On Display: The Health Effects Of Eating Too Much Sugar

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.05.2012

We need to know that we consume too much sugar and that it does us harm because, ostensibly, knowledge is power. In that spirit, we in public health have cause to welcome some important new allies to the mission of advancing health through better nutrition: museums.

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Educating the Whole Child

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Children's Health, Healthclass2.0, John Dewey, Let's Move, Whole Child, Whole Child Education, Education News

Somehow, the belief that better physical, emotional, and spiritual health generates happier, more productive citizens is quickly becoming accepted as a fact in our culture, yet education has largely been moving in the opposite direction.

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Mochas at The White House

Kuae Kelch Mattox | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Michael Strautmanis, John Carson, White House, Karyn Parsons, Michelle Obama, Stephanie Owens, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Tina Tchen, Non-Profit, Epa, Stay-at-Home Moms, Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Domestic Policy Council, Dru Ealons, Barack Obama, Tyra Mariani, African American History, Obama Administration, Cecelia Munoz, Heather Foster, Let's Move, Mocha Moms, Jocelyn Frye, Dr. Nadine Gracia, Moms, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

It's not often that I'm blown away by an invite, but when 150 leaders from Mocha Moms were invited to the White House for a private event last week, I had to pinch myself a few times just to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

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Heartland Institute's Climate Skeptics vs Children: Bet on the Kids

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 04.24.2012

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Even if children are faced with a curriculum that demotes climate change to a scientific controversy, they will still act as-if because it's their native culture. It's built in to their screen time: the code for bad-guys is someone who smokes or doesn't recycle.

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Let's Move Turns 2

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 04.10.2012

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Wild arm swings, sharp robotic turns, pulsing fist pumps. Michelle Obama busted out a few new moves Thursday to mark the sec...

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

Irena Medavoy | Posted 04.03.2012

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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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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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Top Six Food Politics Lessons Learned in 2011

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Let's Move, National School Lunch Program, Michelle Obama, Big Food, Nutrition, School Lunches, Food Politics, Food News

This hasn't been a banner year for improving America's food system, food environment or food policies. A look back demonstrates that not only have we failed to make any new progress in food and nutrition policy, but we actually appear to be moving backwards.

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Really Sensenbrenner? Michelle Obama's Top Fitness Moments of 2011

The Huffington Post | Meredith Melnick | Posted 12.23.2011

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Say what? When Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) criticized Michelle Obama, he went right for the, uh, posterior. "She lectures us on eating right while s...

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Congressman: Michelle Obama Has 'Large Posterior'

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 12.22.2011

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In today's edition of Outrageous And Unfounded Insults, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) has decided to question Michelle Obama's body shape. MediaBis...

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Michelle Obama Breaks World Record

AP | Posted 02.11.2012

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WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama now holds part of a world record. The first lady announced in an email Monday that her October bid to break the rec...

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A Real Choice for Parents on Their Kids' Health

Maya Uppaluru | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Let's Move, Michelle Obama Let's Move, Obesity, School Lunch, Obesity Epidemic, Childhood Obesity, School Lunches, Education News

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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The SUPERVALU of Giving Back

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Eating Well, Supervalu, Partnership for a Healthier America, Let's Move, Urban Agriculture, Healthy Living, Urban Farm, Childhood Obesity, Impact News

On Monday I had the privilege to interview Craig Herkert, CEO of SUPERVALU, about his company's role in the fight for food equity.

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Meet the Marathoners: Mutai, Molly Pritz, Walcott

Susan Sawyers | Posted 01.07.2012

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Last week's "Run with Champions" not only gave kids time to be active but also offered them a chance to meet those who've stuck with it.

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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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Beyond the Grocery Store... Teaching Children Where Their Food Comes From

Margarette Purvis | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Healthy Food, Food Bank for New York City's Cookshop, Cookshop, Hunger Solutions New York, Nutrition, Let's Move, Nutrition Education, Obesity, Yum-O, Childhood Obesity, New York News

It's no secret that New York City has a major problem with childhood obesity. Nutrition education programs are so vital to the health of the future adult population.

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