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ISSUE 12 SHAWNEE MISSION EAST PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS FEB. 5, 2010

E LE T’S MOV Michelle Obama’s mission to reduce obesity in America’s youth >>GriffinBur In 2008, 32 percent of children were participating in the Healthier US Schools overweight in America, according to a National Public Radio report. Over half of those children -- 17 percent -- were obese. In the tradition of past First Ladies who adopt political and social causes, First Lady Michelle Obama plans to start Let’s Move, a program targeting childhood obesity. The program has not been put in place yet but a highly detailed plan has been set forth by the First Lady. One of the program’s core tenets is combating obesity in schools. Let’s Move aims to “double the number of schools

Challenge” program and reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act, according to the White House Web site. The Healthier US Schools Challenge Program “establish[es] rigorous standards for schools’ food quality, [...] physical activity, and nutrition education,” according to the Let’s Move Web site. Several important food suppliers including Sodexho, Chartwells and Aaramark have agreed to conform to the Institute of Medicine’s guidelines for health within five years.

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