Child hunger and child obesity are really just two sides of the same coin. Both rob our children of the energy, the… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Childhood obesity issue is critically important to me because it's critically important to the health and success of our kids, and of… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Parents have a right to expect that their efforts at home won't be undone each day in the school cafeteria or in… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Slowly but surely, we're beginning to turn the tide on childhood obesity in America. Together, we are inspiring leaders from every sector… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Childhood obesity isn't some simple, discrete issue. There's no one cause we can pinpoint. There's no one program we can fund to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
For the first time, the nation will have goals, benchmarks, and measureable outcomes that will help us tackle the childhood obesity epidemic… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
It's not about government telling people what to do. ... It's about each of us, in our own families, in our own… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We are living in a time where we just don't have enough time. People are rushed. They're over worked, over scheduled. Not… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Kids who participate in school meal programs get roughly half of their calories each day at school. ... This is an extraordinary… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Since we started the Let's Move! initiative, I've been looking for as many ways as possible to help families and kids lead… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
While budgets are tight right now, there are schools across the country that are showing that it doesn't take a whole lot… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
This year, 1.7 million young people will be participating in Olympic and Paralympic sports in their communities-many of them for the very… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I didn't just start with ...local city officials because I knew that they would understand the problem. I started with them because… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
In the 10 cities with the nation's highest obesity rates, the direct costs connected with obesity and obesity-related diseases are roughly $50… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I've always tried to make sure that what I do really connects with the broader agenda of what my husband Barack Obama… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We don't need new discoveries or new inventions to reverse this trend. We have the tools at our disposal to reverse it.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
With this new initiative, Disney is doing what no major media company has ever done before in the United States. And what… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Childhood obesity isn't about looks. And it's not about weight. It's about how our kids feel. And those are really the implications… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We all grew up in communities with grandmothers who cooked two, three vegetables that you had to eat. There was no ifs,… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
When the average child is now spending nearly eight hours a day in front of some kind of screen, many of their… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Some kids have never seen what a real tomato looks like off the vine. They don't know where a cucumber comes from.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
African American children are significantly more likely to be obese than are white children. Nearly half of African American children will develop… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things I want ... all the kids here to remember, is that these [Major League Soccer] stars were not… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
It's hard to change adults, and it's hard to change it from a political position or a perceived political position. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The president [Barack Obama] asked for a commitment of, I think, 100,000 jobs for veterans and military spouses over the next couple of years.… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We must once again come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward my husband,… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We're starting to see, as the economy improves, that the unemployment rate among veterans and military spouses - we're seeing some improvement in those… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
There's so much going on in the healthcare system that makes it difficult for women to really have a strong economic hold if insurance… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
In the 10 cities with the nation's highest obesity rates, the direct costs connected with obesity and obesity-related diseases are roughly $50 million per… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads... Now young people can get insurance for as… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
We got a commitment that 3 million nurses are going to be trained to better identify these signs [of PTSD], because, you know, when… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
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