First Lady: ‘Imagine’ an America Where Kids Beg for ‘More Fruits, Vegetables’ – ‘It is Possible...

CNSNews ^ | March 8, 2013 | Penny Starr

[jazusamo]

Full title: First Lady: ‘Imagine’ an America Where Kids Beg for ‘More Fruits, Vegetables’ – ‘It is Possible To Create This World!'

(CNSNews.com) – First Lady Michelle Obama said she can “imagine” an America where businesses promote the “healthiest options” so children will be “begging and pleading” for fruits and vegetables, adding that “it is possible to create” such a world.

“I mean, just think for a minute what this country could look like,” Mrs. Obama said at the Partnership for a Healthier America Summit on Friday at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

“Imagine walking into any grocery store in America and finding the healthiest options clearly marked and centrally placed so that you know within seconds what’s good for your family when you walk in that store,” Mrs. Obama said. “Imagine opening up a menu in any restaurant and knowing exactly what items will give your family the most nutrition for your hard-earned dollar.”

“Imagine our kids begging and pleading, throwing tantrums to get you to buy more fruits, vegetables and whole grains,” Mrs. Obama said.

“Yes, this is possible,” Mrs. Obama said. “It is possible to create this world!”

Mrs. Obama praised corporations like Walmart, Disney and Darden Restaurants for marketing healthier foods to children.

She also touted the launch of “Let’s Move Active Schools,” a $70 million initiative “to promote physical activity and bring physical education back to our schools,” Mrs. Obama said.

[newfreep]

“Stupid, delusional and marxist is no way to go thru life”

h/t Dean Wormer

[illiac]

She should try to imagine what it would be for her not to toss down a dozen lobsters and 10 pounds of wagyu.....

[nonamer]

Imagine how good our economy can be when the Obamas stop trying to social engineer everything!

[Jeff Winston]

Actually, I'm pretty much in favor of trying to find ways to get people to eat healthier. There are a lot of benefits for society, and for individuals, from eating healthy food instead of junk, such as lower medical bills. For taxpayers, that could mean less money spent on stuff like Medicaid.

We probably shouldn't be subsidizing any farmers. But if we can't stop the farm-subsidy gravy train, why not shift the subsidies to the ones that grow vegetables and fruits? Or give them tax breaks, or something.

Part of the reason why people don't buy healthy food is that it's more expensive than the junk.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Leave Michelle alone! Hey! She’s merely fantasizing about taking little kids’ food, like her heroes in the Ukraine did in every book in her library. /sarc

[Gay State Conservative]

Hey,let's ease up on the photos.I've seen that stuff...close up...in the flesh....years ago in Africa.As ugly as it appears in photos it's 20 times uglier in person.Of *course* Moochelle is a filthy,worthless,phony piece of excrement.Let's focus on that.

[Nachum]

Food, Glorious Food

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEQDllvuy1I

[Uncle Miltie]

I chose one that wasn’t as horrifying as they come. Sorry to offend.

But the totalitarian state the 0bamas envision would ultimately result in exactly those pictures.

See Ukraine, Siberia, China, Cambodia, North Korea, etc.

[silverleaf]

When my kids (and other kids used as photo props) are off limits to her meddling, then I will refrain from commenting on how she raises hers. The kids are brought out as photo props when needed ... and I have never seen them tucking into vegetables.

[servo1969]

Because they’re starving to death?
Channeling a little ‘Eva’ there aren’t Michelle?

[GeronL]

corn syrup is the enemy

corn is a veggie

regular sugar is much healthier than corn syrup but the government makes sugar in the US artificially expensive

stupid government tricks

[Nachum]

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/

[silverleaf]

then gee, why not stop taking food stamps for junk food?
hmm, because of riots maybe

an awful lot of us have seen that abuse occurring

[FlingWingFlyer]

Ditto what you said.

[Jyotishi]

> ...fruits, vegetables and whole grains...

She didn’t mention legumes, nuts and seeds.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Come to the conclusion she is as freaking nuts as she is.

[gov_bean_ counter]

sorry, “as HE is”.

[NoGrayZone]

"“Imagine our kids begging and pleading, throwing tantrums to get you to buy more fruits, vegetables and whole grains,” Mrs. Obama said."

If I ever threw a tantrum in a store as a child, I probably would not have made it out alive.

[SisterK]

How appropriate: the black horse of the apocalypse represents famine.

[SWAMPSNIPER]