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.
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If it looks like a pig and walks like a pig, etc, etc......
How does Alice Lichtenstein know that Michelle keeps her weight constant and exercises regularly?
Oink !
It supposes that no ideal should be sought unless it has already been attained.
Hey, Alice, are you really a professor of nutrition science and policy or are you a shill for Michelle Obama?
ABC News is ridiculous. Anyone who accepts their crap as actual news is a fool.
“[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.”
Fine! She can quit invading my privacy by telling me what to eat!
Who orders a shake AND a diet coke???
You don’t get a butt like that without a fry or two daily.
You don’t get a butt like that without a fry or two daily.
“[This is an] unfortunate invasion of privacy for Mrs. Obama,” - But she can invade the privacy of everyone else’s eating habits, right?
You don’t get a butt like that without a fry or two daily.
Oddly enough.........Is there a line on their w-2's for income from all these meals?
People actually are inherently consistent, even if that consistency consists only of indulging their whims.
However, with the left, their consistency isn’t about whims, it’s about furthering collectivist/communist control of the world.
Mickey’s “hypocrisy” just demonstrates that she is “special”, of the ruling class, and that everyone else needs to be told what to eat.
Which is pretty much all the time.
LMAO!! I was wondering the same thing.
Literally digging through Sarah Palin's garbage is considered justifiable. Catching Moochelle in a hypocritical moment is unfortunate.
Anything that drives up their negatives is God-sent.
Outrage over hypocrisy is a juvenile emotion.
It supposes that no ideal should be sought unless it has already been attained.
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Your comparison is deceitful.
If it was a case of not measuring up to one’s own aspirations you would have a point. The hypocrisy here is that she dictates to others while utterly disregarding those decrees herself. Disgust and contempt for her hypocrisy is completely justified, just as they are for your sophistry.
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