Posted by Debbie Smoot, Southeast Regional Public Affairs Director, USDA Food and Nutrition Service on April 25, 2011
Everyone has heard the children’s story of the “Little Engine that Could” that made the long journey to the top of the hill by pure determination and can-do attitude. But have you heard the story about the “Little School that Could”?
Posted by Shellie Pfohl, Executive Director of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition on April 22, 2011
Iowa is getting healthy. Iowa is getting active. And, in March, a new statewide initiative was launched that aims to help all Iowans join in the fun.
Posted by Robin Schepper, Executive Director, Let’s Move! on April 21, 2011
One way to get kids moving is to get a little help from some professionals. Let’s Move! and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced they are teaming up in the fight against childhood obesity by inspiring kids through PSAs, helping kids meet the PALA challenge and hosting free physical activity clinics around the country.
Posted by Robin Schepper, Executive Director of Let’s Move! and Ali Kelley, Deputy Associate Director, Let’s Move Outside on April 19, 2011
If you’ve been following the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative, you know that eating healthy and getting active go hand-in-hand. Thanks to the National Parks Service’s new Healthy Foods Strategy, it will be easier than ever to enjoy healthy foods and exercise at America’s beautiful national parks.
Posted by Dr. James Galloway, HHS Acting Regional Director & Regional Health Administrator for Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Indiana on April 19, 2011
Let’s Move! has arrived in Oakwood Village, Ohio, and the town's Youth Council is excited about joining First Lady Michelle Obama in fighting childhood obesity.
Posted by Cindy Long, Child Nutrition Director, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service on April 19, 2011
Cross-posted from the U.S. Department of Agriculture blog
Posted by Alan Shannon, Public Affairs Director, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Midwest Region on April 19, 2011
Cross-posted from the U.S. Department of Agriculture blog
Posted by Kevin Discepolo, Secretary’s Fellow for Youth in the Great Outdoors at the Department of the Interior on April 14, 2011
On March 12th, I joined a group of families and members of Native American Lifelines, an urban Indian community center in Baltimore, for the Konica-Minolta Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium. Kerry Lessard, the Health and Cultural Consultant for the center, was inspired by Let’s Move! and wanted to get the youth active through the sport of lacrosse, which has cultural significance in many Indian communities.
Posted by Vicky Marquez, Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships on April 13, 2011
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago marked the date with healthy snacks and a visit from the USDA’s Power Panther mascot.
Posted by Ollice C. Holden, Regional Administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Midwest Region on April 13, 2011
On April 4th I had the opportunity to join Illinois’ Senator Dick Durbin, the President and First Lady’s personal trainer and member of President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Cornell McClellan and staff from USDA, the Department of Health and Human Services, Chicago Public Schools and Healthy Schools Campaign to kick off Minority Health Month.
