{"id":365904,"date":"2010-02-26T11:20:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T16:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/?p=2669"},"modified":"2010-02-26T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T16:20:53","slug":"videofirst-lady-michelle-obama-leads-the-way-to-healthy-food-oases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/365904","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO:First Lady Michelle Obama Leads The Way to Healthy Food Oases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0First Lady Michelle Obama\u00a0 has embarked on\u00a0an ambitious\u00a0goal, to eliminate food deserts in 7 years. But what are food deserts? Let us define them before we talk about the goal that she has set for us as a nation. In the video below\u00a0 FLOTUS explains what food deserts are\u00a0 and her plan to\u00a0eliminate them as well as the implications that food deserts have on a community. Eliminating food deserts will lead to the creation of\u00a0 healthy food\u00a0oases in both rural &amp; urban areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information on the FLOTUS&#8217; plan visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.letsmove.gov\" >LetsMove.gov<\/a>.\u00a0I have gone to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.letsmove.gov\" >LetsMove.gov<\/a> and used their grocery template and shopping tips which I found to be informative and useful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have any other Michelle Obama Watchers had\u00a0experience with using the resources provided at LetsMove.gov?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"282828\" \/><param 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