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Tag Archives: Let’s Move
Sorry Mrs. O, But Jumping Jacks Won’t Cut It
At a recent summit on childhood obesity, the first lady announced a shift in her well-known Let’s Move campaign — away from food reform and toward an increased focus on exercise. Instead of “forcing [children] to eat their vegetables,” she … Continue reading
Posted in Child Nutrition, Public Health
Tagged childhood obesity, Congress, Grist, Let's Move, Obama, school food regulations, USDA
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A White House Chef Defends the First Lady
Marion Nestle, the author of Food Politics, recently got a reminder that food is indeed political, right up to the nation’s highest office. On November 30, the first lady made a speech in which she announced that her Let’s Move … Continue reading
Posted in Child Nutrition, Public Health
Tagged childhood obesity, Let's Move, Obama, Obama Foodorama, Sam Kass, White House
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School food politics: What’s missing from the pizza-as-vegetable reporting
Over the last couple of days, news outlets have been having a field day with a proposal from Congress that pizza sauce be considered a vegetable to qualify for the National School Lunch program. Headlines like this one were typical: … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Child Nutrition, Marketing to kids
Tagged child nutrition, Congress, Let's Move, Obama, school food, USDA
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First Lady Recommends Limiting Screen Time for Children
It seems some thought I was a tad too harsh in my critique of the new MyPlate, the federal government’s latest attempt to teach Americans how to eat right. So in the spirit of recognizing positive moves coming from Washington … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing to kids
Tagged Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Let's Move, marketing to kids, Obama
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Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move After Year One: Little More than PR?
The following op-ed was recently published in numerous newspapers across the country through McClatchy-Tribune News Service.
Posted in Child Nutrition, Walmart
Tagged childhood obesity, junk food, Let's Move, marketing to children, Obama, Rudd Center, Walmart
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How Walmart Swindled the White House
When Michelle Obama first announced her Let’s Move program to end childhood obesity “within a generation” last year, I tried to remain open-minded. Like many others, I was happy to have the First Lady bring attention to this important problem. … Continue reading
PepsiCo Teams up with White House to Whitewash Worthless Snack and Sodas – AlterNet article
Food and beverage giant PepsiCo claims to be “investing in a healthier future for people and our planet.” But how is that possible when their top-selling products include Mountain Dew and Doritos? Check out my article on PepsiCo over at … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food
Tagged AlterNet, Gatorade, junk food, Let's Move, marketing to kids, Obama, PepsiCo
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Wondering where in the world Big Food will put 1.5 trillion calories?
Last week, 16 major packaged food companies “pledged” to Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign that they would somehow remove 1.5 trillion calories from the U.S. food supply by the end of 2015. As I wrote here, there are many reasons … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Marketing to kids
Tagged China, Coca-Cola, Let's Move, marketing overseas, Obama, Pakistan, PepsiCo
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