Childhood Obesity

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November 19, 2010
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Mrs. Obama visited the Maple Avenue School in Newark on Thursday to talk with students about…
September 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "We have to do more, we have to go farther, and we need your help to lead…
September 9, 2010
SLIDESHOW - First lady Michelle Obama came Wednesday to the French Quarter, not for fine dining or jazz but to…
August 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama praised the bill shortly after it was passed, calling it a 'groundbreaking piece of legislation…
July 12, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Michelle Obama says Americans need to change their eating habits to avoid producing the nation's…
June 24, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Physical activity, balanced meals and community participation are being encouraged to help combat and overcome the epidemic…
June 23, 2010
VIDEO - Practically everything at River Terrace Elementary in Washington, DC--to what the kids hear, what they eat and what…
May 26, 2010
SLIDESHOW - The series is part of Mrs. Obama's "Let's Move" campaign against childhood obesity....
May 11, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Women could help reduce childhood obesity by maintaining a healthy weight when they become pregnant and by…
April 20, 2010
VIDEO - A new report claims American childhood obesity is threatening national security...
April 20, 2010
VIDEO - Former NFL star Eddie George testified before Congress as a landscape architect and proponent of building urban parks...
February 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama says she loves burgers and fries, but she wants her daughters -- and the rest…
February 8, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first lady's goal is ambitious: to put America on track to solve the childhood obesity problem…
September 30, 2009
VIDEO - Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce is concerned about the rate of childhood obesity. One-third of American kids are either…