I have fallen in love with Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity called Let's Move! The website is full of inspirational stories, resources, and tools to get your community, family and schools healthier. I have been amazed at the depth of this campaign. As a future dietitian, I am thrilled that the First Lady has designated her time and efforts to helping create awareness and ways to fight against the epidemic of childhood obesity. I would encourage you to check out the website and all that it has to offer. Think of ways you can get involved even if it is educating your friends and family on the importance of eating healthy and participating in physical activity daily.
The Hard Truth: Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. One third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives; many others will face chronic obesity-related health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma.
Mission of the campaign: Through theLet’s Move! campaign—a comprehensive, collaborative, and community-oriented initiative that addresses all of the various factors that lead to childhood obesity—we are engaging every sector of society that impacts the health of children to provide schools, families and communities the simple tools they need to help kids be more active, eat better, and get healthy.
Two resources that I came across and loved were:
1: The menu plan and recipes. It provides you with a shopping list, recipe, and planned week for the menu. This is a great resource to help try new foods and get in the habit of cooking.
2. The Healthy Family Calendar. This helps plan ahead to eat fruits or vegetables and take part in a physical activity. Make this a family event. Allow each family member to plan one or two days of the week (activity and fruit/vegetable consumption). This resource will allow for regular physical activity and making a healthy habit of eating well.
Why I love this campaign:
It addresses families, schools, moms, communities and chefs.
It targets specific populations where tips are tailored to better educate and help fight against childhood obesity and provides overall healthy lifestyle choices.
I hope that you will at least check out this website and find a way to get involved. Let's take part in creating healthy lifestyles that will be passed down for generations to come!
Happy Health!
~Little Chef-titian
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