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.

[CatherineofAragon]

“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"

Who are these stores supposed to be for, retarded people? Every grocery store I've ever been in has the produce front and center when you walk in. What kind of mental defectives can't figure out grocery shopping?

I know, Obama voters....

[Vinnie]

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

And the dish ran away with the spoon.....

[Syncro]

Yea sorry I was being facieous.

Yep to The Five guy Bolling stepping up

• Eric Bolling ("The Five" on Fox News Channel) offers to pay for a week of White House tours

  Thursday, March 07, 2013 4:04:13 PM · by jiggyboy · 49 replies

  "The Five" on FOX News Channel ^ | March 7, 2013 | Video at link

  "But why shut the [White House] doors on those kids in Iowa, and Florida, and Texas. I'll make you a deal, Mister President. Jay Carney, grab your pencil. "Let these families take their White House tours next wek and I'll cover the added expenses. Word is it will cost about $74,000. If I can get the White House doors open, I'll pick up the tab. "Mister Carney, you know this is an offer you can't refuse -- give me a call." (fast forward a little) "I will absolutely write the check if they open the doors next week." (video)

[Grams A]

I hate to keep talking about when we grandparents were raised but we ate cake, pie, cookies, homemade ice cream, butter made from real milk, eggs, lots of meat-all fried, homemade bread and every vegetable we could grow in the garden-fresh in the summer and canned in the winter. We also walked to school, did chores outside when we got home and actually ran and played dodge ball and red rover during recess at school.

The same rules applied to our kids except for chores (not so much) but they played every sport imaginable and had an actual PE class in school. We also didn’t have soda or chips in our house. My kids didn’t have video games and only one hour of TV any day of the week. They certainly survived quite well without computers or the internet.

Not the same type food today, mother’s don’t cook from scratch any more and the public schools all appear to be on lock down all the time.

[jazusamo]

Yes, that was it, didn’t remember if it was here or somewhere else I read it.

Thanks for posting and linking it!

[jazusamo]

Enjoyed reading your post, that’s how it was.

I don’t really know what the percent of overweight kids in school was then, K-12, but maybe it’s because I can only remember a couple of them.

It was just not a problem.

[Jeff Winston]

As an African guy told me once.”the poor in my country are thin because they can;t buy their food but in America the poor are fatter than the rich”

that sums it up

Man. That does about sum it up, doesn't it?

[Grams A]

I don’t really know what the percent of overweight kids in school was then,...”

There were 25 kids in my one room school grades 1-8, one old maid teacher with a ruler, dunce cap, stool in the corner and a blackboard large enough to write at least 100 times, “I will not......” Kids started the first grade when they were 5. Parents were the pre-k and kindergarten teachers. I could read all about See Mack Run, write all my letters and numbers up to 100, spell most simple three and four letter words and do addition of two digit numbers in my head.

We had one chubby boy by the name of Floyd and early on I learned to sing with the others “Fatty, fatty, two by four, Floyd can’t get through the kitchen door”. He turned out to be a very successful and wealthy dentist. Everybody else was a string bean. We did, indeed, have a kitchen and so we could heat up (in a pan) whatever we had brought to eat. Never had bologna or store bought white bread at home so I’d trade my ham, roast beef or cold fried chicken to one of my classmates for a bologna and mustard sandwich on white bread.

Life was good.

[greeneyes]

Exactly so. I already know before I go in where the healthy stuff is. Same with restaurants, it is abundantly clear.

[greeneyes]

Absolutely, I stayed with my grandparents on a small farm with a small dairy herd. I learned to milk a cow, helped feed the chickens and collect eggs and weed the garden.

Learned to bake bread and make butter. I don’t remember even seeing fat people.

[GeronL]

with all the perverts running around, running schools and the media would you let kids run around all the time mowadays?? I wouldn’t

[GeronL]

Yep!

[Grams A]

would you let kids run around all the time mowadays??”

Absolutely not. And that is so sad. When it was time for my kiddos to come home, I would just switch on the porch light. Kids in our neighborhood now play out all the time in the evenings but for every kiddo, there is at least one mother and/or one dad. They don’t even walk the one block to and from the bus stop by themselves and we live in a relatively safe suburban neighborhood.

One of the things that I have noticed a whole lot more of are people going door to door soliciting work such as roof repairs, painters, etc. Not only do I run them off but I always call the police who are there in very short order so we are lucky in that regard and fortunately none of them come back to our street at least.

[GeronL]

I remember as a kid walking all over town, we’d all get together to go to the mall or to the skating rink

I won’t even let my 10-year old nephew walk two blocks to school by himself, even though there are smaller kids walking farther by themselves

[Ann Archy]

Never forget that SHE said her Favorite food is French Fries!!!! HIP-OCRITE!!

[Ann Archy]

the FAT hosts, I might add.....

[CodeToad]

So then what is her excuse for having such a large butt? Typical liberal, not for me but for thee.

[JoeProBono]

[Delta Dawn]

‘And it didn’t take the government to make it happen.’

Hey, you didn’t peel that.

[MomwithHope]

this is while she is begging for more Kobe beef and a side of a couple of lobsters.