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Tag Archives: Obama
A Budget Cut Only the Produce Industry Could Love
You’ve probably never heard of the Microbiological Data Program (MDP) but if you eat fresh produce, you should, because it’s currently on President Obama’s budgetary chopping block. The MDP is a small ($5 million annually) pathogen monitoring program tucked away … Continue reading
Take Action: Don’t let Big Food Market Junk Food to Kids
The following is from Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy with Center for Science in the Public Interest, which has been leading the fight for decades to stop junk food marketing to children. She writes in response to my previous … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Marketing to kids
Tagged Congress, junk food, Margo Wootan, marketing to kids, Obama
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Congress to Kids: Drop Dead
Last month, when Congress declared pizza a vegetable, it was hard to believe things could get much worse. But never underestimate politicians’ ability to put corporate interests ahead of children’s health. In the massive budget bill just passed, Congress stuck … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Child Nutrition, Marketing to kids
Tagged Congress, junk food, marketing to kids, Obama, politics, school food regulations
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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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