As part of its ambitious campaign to eliminate childhood obesity in a generation, First Lady Michelle Obama often speaks of health, nutrition and fitness of children. These quotes are a sample of some of your comments on these topics.
"With Move Or, we hope to continue to attack the problem from all sides, because we know there is no magic formula.'s Why we want to build better schools. Shall we bring keep fresh food in our communities. Want more companies prompted healthier responsible to provide products and market our children. Yet we must continue to innovate., we must continue to the limits. We need new ideas to help in all areas, families find affordable to make manageable changes of the health of our children. "building Partnerships for a healthier country in a healthier future summit 14/03/14 can transform
"If the average child spends nearly eight hours a day in front of a screen, many of their opinions and preferences of marketing campaigns, embossed to create everything. And where is the problem comes here ... I'm po I here today with a simple request, and that's more and to make faster time to market with the responsibility for our children. "White House on the convening of food marketing and children, 18/09/13
"I did not ask anyone to take pleasure from childhood. As we all know treats are one of the best parts of having a child. Instead, here the goal is to empower parents, but rather in their attempt to undermine more make healthy for their families. "White House call on the marketing of foods and children, 18/09/13
"Since we started to move! Let initiative, I was as possible to help for so many ways to families and children who are looking to lead a healthier life. And I realized that if we take a step for us and our families healthy, probably the best thing we can do is to just drink more water, it is so easy drinking more water ... "-" to start Drink Up "campaign, 12/09/13
"Some kids have never seen what a real tomato resembles the vine., You do not know where a cucumber comes. And the way you perceive food, influenced. Really help So a garden, get your hands dirty, literally and understand the whole process of where come from their food. And I wanted them to see how difficult and rewarding it is to grow your own food, so that they better understood as do our farmers, every day throughout the country and an appreciation for ... the American tradition of growing your own food and feed. "In the Department of Agriculture, U.S. 03/05/13
"Little by little, we begin to reverse the trend of obesity in America. Together we can inspire leaders from all sectors to support this." Creating a healthier Future Summit, 03:08:13
"We as parents are the first and the best models for our children, and this is especially true when it comes to your health .... can not eat the chips and candy and wait couch to our children eat carrots and run around the block. "creating a healthier Future Summit, 08:03:13
"You need to keep your body active, even if that simply means turning on the music and dance for an hour .... It's like you. Ll to the size you prepare your body and mind," Moving! Start Active Schools, 28/02/13 (Remarks children)
"I just do not know with local municipal officials begin ... because I knew that they understand the problem. Steps with them because I knew that our cities and counties can be an important part of the solution to this problem ... . No. no one-size policy or program to solve this problem. Washington and certainly can not have all the answers. Instead, to move many of the best solutions, the top innovative and effective advice and our cities and county. "-A! Cities, towns and counties Communication, 18:07:12
"With this new initiative is that Disney has no major media companies in the United States before And all companies to move forward when it comes to the ads shown and the food that they sell a miracle Simple. Question: Is it is good for our children? "press conference announcing the marketing standard health food Disney 2012-06-05
"One of the things I want ... is to remember all the children that these [Major League Soccer] star athletes are not born superstars ... Many of them started, how many of you play on a school team or just a stuck ball on the playground with their friends. But with him. And I tell my girls all the time. I mean, you get the point ... the things that you like ... start increasingly difficult when you know that Always good, and we must keep it. "LA Galaxy 15/05/2012 The event Move-Come
"This year, 1.7 million young people to take part in Olympic and Paralympic sports in their communities, many of which for the first time. And that is so important because it is sometimes enough that the first lesson or clinic or This summer class to get a child excited about a new sport., together with our children, we can make the U.S. team supports not only applaud, but the striving to live by example. "Ad obligations bodies of several sports offer programming for children 5 / 14/2012
"While budgets are tight right now, there are schools all over the country show that much money or resources to give our children the nutrition they deserve is not required. Which What is needed, however, is the expense. Demand is imagination. Whatever it takes a commitment to the future of our children. "list school food standards, 01/25/2012
"We all have in communities with grandmothers who cook two or three vegetables had not but about eating them, but that is because many of our grandparents, parents, the gardens had .. He was the man of vegetables came, that there are many other resources that allowed them to access, so it's not that people do not know or do not want to make things right .. only have access to the foods they know their families are healthier "food deserts Summit Mayor , Chicago, 10/25/2011.
"In the 10 cities with the highest rates of obesity in the country, the direct costs of obesity and obesity-related diseases is approximately $ 50 million per 100 000 population. And if these 10 cities just cut their prices Obesity below the national average, all National Conference League cities 2011.03.15 added to combine to annually save nearly $ 500 million cost of health care. "
"There is no government to tell people what to do .... It is for each of us, in our families, in our communities, standing and our children will need. And these are companies like Wal-Mart to respond this call. "Notice of the Charter of Walmart nutrition, 2011.01.20
"We are all agreed that in the richest country in the world, all children should have the basic nutrition, the need to learn and grow and to pursue their dreams, because in the end, nothing is for the health and welfare of our important children .... These are the core values that we all share, regardless of race, party, religion. This is what we share. following are the values embodied by this Act. "Signature of children without hunger healthy, 12/13/2010
"Parents have a right to expect that their efforts at home will not be undone in the school cafeteria or in the vending machine in the hallway every day .... Parents have the right to expect that their children fresh, healthy foods that contain high nutritional standards are met healthy children acts shall be served on the signing. "without hunger
"Hunger and obesity in children are really two sides of the same coin. Both rob our children of the energy, strength and endurance in order to be successful in school and in life. And that, in turn, deprives the country much of its promise. "Health, Children Act of signature without hunger
"Obesity in children is not easy, discreet. There is no cause can be identified. There is no program that can finance to make them disappear. Rather, an issue that affects every aspect of how we live and how we work, it is . "Conference-Congress Law Black Caucus Foundation, 2010.09.15
"We can make a commitment to the promotion of fruit and vegetables and whole grains to make every part of every menu, we can make smaller portions and emphasize quality over quantity, and we can help create a culture - Imagine this before .. - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them, "National Restaurant Association Fall Conference of the Council, 2010.09.13.
"We live in a time when we simply do not have enough time. Humans are in a hurry. Working more regularly. Insufficient resources .... But what I want people to understand about this campaign is that families can make small changes in their lives that can have a very substantial impact to manage. "Bougeons live chat, 2010.07.13
"Black children are much more likely to be overweight than white children. Nearly half of African-American children's diabetes at some time to develop in their lives. Persons, is half of our children .... Our children can build on the best schools in the country, but if they do not have the basic food they need to focus, you have a learning challenge. "101 NAACP National Convention, 2010.07.12
"They are all here for the same reason, because the power that food can have on our lives .... Each of you has a lot to offer when it comes to supporting our children to make healthy choices to appreciate . know you know more about the food almost everyone except grandmothers and to fit the visibility and the enthusiasm that knowledge.
- "Let's Move" Chefs Move Schools event 06/04/2010!
"We do not need new discoveries or inventions to reverse this trend., We have the tools available to reverse the trend. All we need is the motivation, the opportunity and the will to do what needs to be done .. The report .. we have strong evidence that we need to make these goals real leadership to solve this problem in a generation. "
Press conference announcing the report Childhood Obesity Task Force, 2010.05.11
"Our children have., You do not have to decide the amount of sugar in soft drinks or advertising content of a television program. Children do not choose which one they served for lunch at school, and should not be to decide what to use for dinner in her house. And they do not decide whether it learn to play outdoors time in the day or a room in the budget about healthy food or a lot of time. "
Childhood Obesity Summit, 04/09/2010
"We must ensure that our children always feel good about themselves, regardless of weight, no matter how they feel. We must ensure that our children know that we love them, no matter who they are, how they look like, what they eat. "
-A move Town Hall, 4/7/2010
"As a mother, I know it is my responsibility, and the other is my raise children. Yet what does it mean when so many parents realize that their efforts are being undermined by an avalanche of advertising to children, and these ads teach kids about Food and Nutrition?'s good to have sugary and salty snacks daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner? "
-Grocery Manufacturers Association, 03/16/2010
"Children who participate in school meal programs, get about half their daily calories at school .... It is an extraordinary responsibility. But it is also an opportunity. And that's one of the most important things we can do to combat of obesity in children is to make this healthy and nutritious school meals as possible. "
School Nutrition Association, 2010.03.01
"The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake. This is not the kind of problem that can be solved overnight, but they all work together, we can solve. One Moving ".
Start of Move-Let listing, 02/09/2010
