Calories Quote by Michelle Obama

Since children spend many of their waking hours at school, eating up to two meals a day there, we need to place a special…

— Joshua Rosenthal

Nutritious meals, including lunch in school, and daily physical exercise, are essential for children and adolescents.

— Margaret Cuomo

Don't most of us agree that providing school meals to kids who need them is an overwhelmingly good thing? After all, nutrition is essential…

— Laura Moser

Obesity puts our children at risk of developing serious diseases - such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and depression. It keeps our children…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

This is what people don't understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It's not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating and not…

— Tom Colicchio

Proper school nutrition must be complemented by activities outside of the cafeteria. The decisions parents make to keep their kids healthy are critical in…

— Tom Vilsack

I really am at a place where I think we need to feed every child at school for free and feed them a real…

— Alice Waters

The obesity epidemic among American children is becoming so bad that I think there's a growing realization across the country that we've got to…

— Eric Schlosser

It does kids no favors, and sets them up for a potential lifetime of poor health and social embarrassment, to excuse them from family…

— Andrew Weil

But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance…

— Jared Polis

Given the choice, I'm sure the majority of children would rather have a packed lunch than school meals.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I think family mealtime is really important. There's a lot of research that shows kids are going to do better in school and have…

— Jewel