50 Pounds for 50 Years

A journey from fat and unhealthy to lean and fabulous!

Friday, March 26, 2010

Michelle's influence

Politics and political parties aside, you really gotta admire Michelle Obama. She has made the eradication of childhhod obesity a goal of her and her husbands' administration. They might not attain the goal while in office, but if things keep going the way they have recently, I beleive we can eradicate in my lifetime.
Case in point:
Kraft food has already made the committment to cut the salt in their processed foods by 10% in the nest 2 years.
Now, PepsiCo, Inc, the makes of Pepsi and Frito lay chips has set 2 goals for the next 10 years: they want to cut the average added sugar per serving of their sodas by 25 % and the saturated fat per serving by 15 %. They will also add more whole grains, fruits, veges, and low fat dairy products to their choices.
Mrs Obama has asked the nation's largest food makes to step up and make their food with less fat, salt and sugar. The future of our children's health is at stake. The current generation of 10 years olds is the first generation is hundreds of years that has, at present, a lower life expectancy than their parents.
I am sooooooooooooo happy my daughter is a vegetarian!

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