Healthier Schools
Watch Live: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
This morning, President Obama will sign the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 -- a major step forward in our nation’s effort to provide all children with healthy food in schools. Watch the bill signing and remarks by the President and the First Lady right here on LetsMove.gov.
First Lady Michelle Obama On The Passage of "The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act"
After a year of speeches and outreach, the First Lady’s signature issue of providing children with healthy food in schools was advanced today with passage of the “The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.”
Healthy People 2020: A Roadmap for Health
Today, HHS launched the latest version of the historic Healthy People initiative ─ a comprehensive national health promotion and disease prevention agenda for the next decade.
DC-Area Youth Achieve PALA and Meet the President and First Lady
On November 29, 2010 President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama congratulated 18 athletes from the KEEN Greater DC affiliate of Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN) and 39 students from Maury Elementary School for earning their Presidential Active Lifestyle Awards (PALAs) at a special gathering at the White House.
Bring on the Veggies
First Lady Michelle Obama visited Riverside Elementary in Miami, Florida last week to announce Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools, a collaboration with the Fruit and Vegetable Alliance, the Food, Family and Farming Foundation and the United Fresh Produce Association to bring 6000 salad bars to schools over the next three years.
Let’s Move Newark!
In late October, Mayor Corey Booker announced Let’s Move Newark! a city-wide effort to bring together business, non-profits, schools, and health care groups to develop a plan to combat childhood obesity by 2030. The Mayor recommended that the First Lady visit a local school that is using innovating programs to get students eating healthier and getting more exercise.
Buddy Bison says "Let's Move Outside!" in Grand Teton National Park
There’s just something about him—six feet tall, big bright eyes, covered in brown fur. Everywhere he goes, Buddy Bison is surrounded by a swarm of kids, wanting to play with him and learn more about the Great Outdoors. In national and state parks across the country, our mascot Buddy Bison is getting kids excited about moving outside – and teaching them important lessons about what outdoor activity means for their health.
Success Story: After Walk to School Month, Let’s Keep Moving
As an incredible Walk to School Month comes to an end, a record-breaking number of communities – over 3,500 – from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico celebrated an active trip to school in October 2010. The challenge - and opportunity - for all American families is to continue that excitement and focus on getting out and moving more each day, every day. Not just during the official month of celebration.
Colorado Proud Day
On September 8th, twenty-three chefs made their way to nearly as many Denver schools to work with students in school gardens and in school cafeterias.
Rachael Ray's Top Picks for National School Lunch Week
Last week was National School Lunch Week, an opportunity to recognize the talent and dedication of all the food service professionals, educators, chefs and parents who help ensure America's students have the healthy food they need to grow and succeed. Continuing the commitment to healthy lunch, our friends at Rachael Ray's Yum-o! Organization sent over some of their favorite lunchtime recipes.
