First Lady Michelle Obama will appear on The Today Show Wednesday, February 3. According to The Today’s Family Blog…
“Matt Lauer will sit down with Mrs. Obama to get her thoughts on her family’s first year in the White House and also a new project that she is passionate about.”
I’m thinking her new passion has been the much talked about childhood obesity initiative that she is set to kick-off next week.
This afternoon First Lady will meet, at the White House in the Old Family Dining Room, with the Cabinet and Congressional members who are serving in leadership roles on childhood obesity policy. They will discuss combined efforts to create national awareness of the dangers of childhood obesity and the simple steps families, schools, the business and non-profit communities and all levels of government can take together to help combat the epidemic.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Senator Blanche Lincoln, D-AR, Agriculture Committee Chair, Senator Saxby Chambliss, R-GA, Agriculture Committee Ranking Member, Senator Tom Harkin, D-IA, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair, Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member, Representative George Miller, D-CA, Education and Labor Committee Chair, and Representative Collin Peterson, D-MN, Agriculture Committee Chair will all be in attendance for today’s meeting.
Next Tuesday, February 9th the First Lady will unveil her childhood obesity initiative.
Posted by Aminah Hanan
