Yesterday First Lady Michelle Obama took part in a question-and-answer discussion about the Let’s Move! initiative and the fight against childhood obesity at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The Q&A, sponsored by Newsweek Magazine, was proceeded by Mrs. Obama’s speech on Tuesday to the Grocery Manufacturers Association Conference. In her speech she urged the nation’s food makers to produce and market healthier products.
During the Q&A the First Lady rejected the idea of maligning snack foods and affixing government sanctioned warning labels to certain foods.
“A Twinkie is not a cigarette, you know,” said Mrs Obama.”… what parents need is just information about what’s in the Twinkie and how much of this we can eat. It’s not that we can’t have a Twinkie. And our kids would be pretty upset. And I am not supporting that.”
To read the entire transcript click here.
Posted by Aminah Hanan
