Posted on 07/12/2011 7:15:50 AM PDT by kristinn
Stop the presses, Michelle Obama might have eaten a hamburger.
The blogosphere erupted with criticism almost immediately after the Washington Post reported Monday that the first lady sat down at a newly opened Shake Shack in Washington D.C., where she ordered a ShackBurger, fries, a chocolate shake and a Diet Coke. According to the popular burger joint's website, that's a 1,556-calorie meal. (sic, actually it was 1700 calories.)
Many critiqued the first lady's public display of Shake Shack love as she continues to advocate for her Let's Move! campaign, an initiative to eliminate childhood obesity.
But even as the first lady-turned-health-advocate chowed down on a meal that contains almost an entire day's recommended calorie intake, most nutrition experts are telling people to relax.
"[This is an] unfortunate invasion of privacy for Mrs. Obama," said Alice Lichtenstein, professor of nutrition science and policy at Tufts School of Medicine in Boston. "She has kept her weight constant and engages in regular physical activity. An occasional indulgence is fine. For many people, that is what helps them keep on track most of the time."
Most experts agreed with Lichtenstein, while saying that the first lady's lunch is being unnecessarily scrutinized.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
The first couple fly their physical trainer from Chicago to the Whitehouse and back several times per week in order to get their exercise. He flies on a private jet.
I wonder if the White House stuck a fiver in ABC’s garter after that lap dance
First an economics “professor” from Rutgers says it immoral for someone to spend their own money on a bottle of wine.
Now a “nutritionist” says it’s OK for a fat women to gorge herself on burgers, fries, shakes and diet coke.
At this point it’s clear that the average person’s common sense is worth more than some fancy professional training. These boobs are so blinded by their own liberal idiocy that they they thing people are too stupid to believe their own eyes.
That’s the very thing I wondered about when I first read the story. A shake and a diet coke. The Mister used to muse about all the women in his office who would munch on snacks and sweets all day and get hysterical if they were out of diet drinks.
I’m glad they jumped on this invasion of privacy just like they did with Ryan’s bottle of wine.
That would make perfect sense, if Mrs. Obama wasn't trying to tell the American people what they must and must not eat and what they can feed their children. When she lectures us and tries to coerce us into eating “healthy”, she forfeits her right to eat whatever she wants, without being criticized.
BTW, I think this “epidemic of childhood obesity” might well be a big fraud (or at least exaggeration) along the lines of AGW.
I went to field day at my kids elementary school a about a month ago, a school with very mixed ethnic and economic demographics. Only a handful of the roughly 300 students could be considered “obese” and only a small percentage seemed even overweight. Most seemed to be in very, good shape.
Now the some of the members of the teacher's union who were yelling at the kids to keep running, in the 95 degree heat were a different story. :-)
“Fine! She can quit invading my privacy by telling me what to eat!”
Exactly!
If Moochelle is going to talk the talk she should waddle the waddle.
>“[This is an] unfortunate invasion of privacy for Mrs. Obama,” - But she can invade the privacy of everyone else’s eating habits, right?<
Public figures like Moosie, who wag their fingers in everyone else’s faces about obesity, are fair game when they eat like pigs out in public. And that diet coke she ordered is no protection at all. It makes her look even more idiotic.
Mmmmm baby if that isn't an inspiration to every fat, loudmouth black mama I see waddling around the city, bellowing into her cellphone, all bling-blinged up.
Come on, girlfriend! We goin' out for burger and fries! Supersize me, baby!
First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Agriculture Department in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2011.
http://www.cernahealth.com/usda-creates-new-%E2%80%9Cfood-pyramid%E2%80%9D-symbol-called-my-plate-2/
The USDA has created a new replacement symbol for the classic food pyramid – it is called “My Plate”. My Plate is the federal government’s new, simple symbol for what a healthy and nutritious American diet should look like according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
My Plate is designed to be a simple, easy guideline for every American to help them understand what a healthy meal should look like. The new image has had a positive reception, with people saying it is more useful and accurate than the previous food pyramid.
Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the U.S Department of Agriculture called it, “a clear and unmistakable message about what should be on the American plate.”
My Plate is a clear logo that focuses on vegetables, grains and fruits, showing limited protein and dairy portions. The protein portion accounts for less than a quarter of the plate, while the dairy portion is a small circle removed from the main plate which represents a glass of low-fat milk or cup of yogurt.
Alice Lichtenstein, a professor of nutrition science and policy at Tufts University's believes that the new plate symbol will be easier for older adults to comprehend. She says, “I hope [older Americans] will take it to heart because I think it will make a difference in their quality of life and in keeping them feeling good.”
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http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=38216
ALICE LICHTENSTEIN (Tufts University)
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
(This person is no longer with ARS)
http://www.time.com/time/2004/obesity/speakers/lichtenstein.html
Dr. Alice Lichtenstein is the Stanley N. Gershoff professor of nutrition science and policy in the Gerald J. & Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University. She is also senior scientist and director of the cardiovascular nutrition laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging.
Diets, calories, and regulations are only for the little people.
Geez, I’d think you’d know that by now.
/s
Most days I feel like Jack Nicholson in the Cuckoo’s nest.
Personally I'm not "outraged"....I laugh at hypocrite's!!
Although I don't laugh at the hypocrisy of the MSM in this country...Personally I think they are very dangerous.
http://www.time.com/time/2004/obesity/speakers/lichtenstein.html
Dr. Alice Lichtenstein is the Stanley N. Gershoff professor of nutrition science and policy in the Gerald J. & Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University. She is also senior scientist and director of the cardiovascular nutrition laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging.
http://hnrc.tufts.edu/docs/HNRCA_Research_With_Impact.pdf
2009 Funding:
USDA 49%
Federal, Non-USDA 40%
You seem a pleasant sort.
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