According to the report, the obesity rates for low income preschoolers has gone down in 19 states between 2008 and 2011. That news will be music to the ears of Let’s Move supporters who were tasked with the specific goal of fighting childhood obesity.
And of course the biggest critic of Michelle Obama over this? Moose Lady.
The first lady was attacked incessantly by conservatives, including Sarah Palin, who were up in arms at Michelle Obama’s suggestion that American children exercise and eat vegetables.
Palin suggested in 2010, that it was the First Lady’s worldview that would give her the nerve to suggest that “parents [cannot] make decisions for their own children, for their own families in what we should eat.”
Palin also implied that it was a “God-given right” for children to be overweight, saying “[i]nstead of a government thinking that they need to take over and make decisions for us according to some politician or politician’s wife’s priorities, just leave us alone, get off our back, and allow us as individuals to exercise our own God-given rights to make our own decisions and then our country gets back on the right track,” to conservative radio host Laura Ingraham.
Palin might want to read up on adult obesity rates before commenting on the latest news. Before this decline, obesity rates for all age groups had been going up consistently for everyone for nearly 30 years straight. It’s quite possible that the high-profile focus on the issue has lead to this recent decline, since raising awareness is a key component to any campaign with the goal of serving the public’s welfare.
Ouch.
Hey folks, childhood obesity in the US has rocketed upwards since the Reagan years. This is the first time anything has remotely gone down in decades. You would think Sarah Palin, herself an avid runner and sportswoman, would appreciate what the First Lady is doing.
You won't get an apology out of this sour-ass moose though.
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Umm...If Moose Lady applauded the decline, that might be interpreted as applause for a First(ish) Lady(ish) of Color (blackityblackblack), and that wouldn't fly with her PAC donors.
No, Moose Lady needs the sweet, sweet lucre to keep coming in from the mouth-breathers, so there will be NO acknowledgement of success of any type.
Grace and a vision of the bigger picture don't feed the Moose Lady. And THOSE people in the WHITE (WHITE!!! - get it?) House will never get anything less than her scorn and derision. Cause she's a true American who believes in improving yourself and the American Dream that any one can grow up to be President. Unless you are a Kenyan Muslim Socialist Nazi. Amen.
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