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By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFirst lady Michelle Obama is using more carrot than stick in prodding food makers, parents, local schools and governments to step up efforts to reduce childhood obesity. She's for the food police -- but Mrs. Obama is the good cop. That doesn't mean she is letting stakeholders off the hook. On Tuesday, Mrs. Obama urged the nation's food makers to produce and market healthier products, ramping up her rhetoric in her anti-childhood obesity campaign in a speech before the Grocery Manufacturers Association. And on Wednesday, Mrs. Obama -- an admitted lover of an occasional hamburger and fries -- ...
Opinion: The Challenge of Childhood Obesity
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 22) -- For many years, educators, nutritionists and researchers have been trying to call attention to the crisis of childhood obesity. And now, with Michelle Obama sounding the clarion call, we finally have a real opportunity to turn the tide on this growing public health threat. But all the acclaim the first lady rightly received for her initiative won't go far enough, once the cheering subsides, without widespread support across the country. Make no mistake: Childhood obesity is a grave and growing problem. Nearly one in three youngsters in the U.S. is overweight, and approximately ...
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