Posted on 07/24/2013 5:07:49 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(CNSNews.com) – If food is love, then first lady Michelle Obama says we are “loving ourselves and our kids to death.”
In remarks to the National Council of La Raza in New Orleans on Tuesday, Mrs. Obama remarked that healthy eating is first and foremost a “community issue.”
“And see, that’s where it gets complicated, because that's where it gets personal and emotional,” she said. “Because the truth is, for so many of us, food is love. I mean, it is no coincidence. Applause for food is love.”
“It is no coincidence that the kitchen is the central gathering place in so many of our homes,” Mrs. Obama said. “And it’s no surprise that food is at the heart of so many of our family occasions.”
The first lady then described how she enjoyed her grandfather’s ribs growing up in Chicago, but warned that due to high obesity rates among Hispanic children, we are “loving our kids to death.”
“Nearly 40 percent of Hispanic children in this country are overweight or obese,” Mrs. Obama said. “Nearly 50 percent are on track to develop diabetes -- 50 percent, half of our kids -- a disease that is already far too common in so many of our communities.”
“So while food might be love, the truth is that we are loving ourselves and our kids to death.”
“So we need to step up,” she said. “We need to own this as a serious problem in our communities. We need to admit that what we’re doing simply isn’t working anymore.”
The first lady also urged Americans to “question their beliefs,” saying:
“And we need to start questioning the behaviors and beliefs that are making our kids sick -- like that uncle, dear uncle who dismisses this issue, but keeps slipping our kids candy; the grandmother who insists that a chubby baby is a healthy baby; the overworked sister who gives your nieces and nephews the foods they want instead of the nutrition they need.”
“Because times have changed,” Mrs. Obama said, “and the way we live and eat has to change, too.”
But Mrs. Obama says she’s not a “treat hater,” and emphasized moderation. “Grandpa doesn’t have to forsake his ribs,” she said.
“Special occasions call for special foods,” she said. “And treats, children, are an important part of childhood. Don't get me wrong. I'm not a treat hater. They matter for adults as well.”
During her remarks to La Raza, an Hispanic civil rights group, the first lady highlighted her anti-obesity campaign “Let’s Move!” and the launching of “Mi Plato,” a Spanish language guide to the food groups.
Campaign donations for keeping drinks and snack foods EBT-eligible is love!
All the Dems are in love with fat EBT babies. Hand your baby some cookies and shut her up while you watch TV and do your drugs momma-girls.
And vote Democrat... They care about you!
“People need to learn personal responsibility....”
Well, that leaves Democrats out right off the bat.
“”Wonder what the Wookie thought of the babe sitting to the President’s right at todays speech?””
She looked “white” to me so it doesn’t matter to Mrs. “O” if she was a touch too much overweight... I wondered what they were thinking of placing her in that position. That was pretty awful.
She is trying so hard to make herself feel important.
Nobody is going to look at her booty and believe anything she says about food.
Earth to Mooch: STFU!
Today, I'm not buying it. With the prevalence of fast food and easy welfare dollars, feeding your kids is for keeping them out of your hair while you take selfies and party with your friends.
I agree , lets start by making it illegal to purchase cookies , cakes , sodas, chips , snacks and tons of other processed fast foods with EBT cards.
Every time I see an obese person waiting in line at the grocery check out with a cart full of nothing but junk they are paying with EBT cards .
On my best, most gluttonous day, I don’t eat a fraction of what Michelle or her AIDs ridden husband eat. She can keep her overfed, lard @ss out of my business.
Judging by the size of her ass, Moochelle has gotten a LOT of love through the years.
Since when, comrade?
Hey, you beast, next time you’re shoveling junk food into that gaping maw of yours, stop and take a look at the size of your OWN rear.
Start by getting rid of your own fat ass and avoid being photographed pounding down the junk food in your latest junk-food-junkout.
Talk to me as soon as that happens.
Food is love, therefore, we have to give it up...I think not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEbfeG2oAE
Hey, this is America. Love yourself all you want, but leave the kids out of it.
Then somebody really loves her backside!
manchelle, fix the lazy, fat, uneducated, drug-addicted black americans and then maybe you can express an opinion about what the rest of us should eat.
I don’t think I’ve EVER heard someone express Food as being ‘love’. Must be a Wookie thing.
Thanks for the ping!
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