Michelle Obama Watch

Tuesday is February 2nd not 3rd. So, will she be on the show tomorrow or did she make her appearance today? I am confused.

Cee Cee:

The very first paragraph states, “First Lady Michelle Obama will appear on The Today Show Wednesday, February 3.” This will just be a talk about her, and will include comments about her obesity initiative.

“Next Tuesday,” as stated in the last paragraph, “February 9th the First Lady will unveil her childhood obesity initiative.” This is the date when her initiative will officially begin.

Hope this clears it up for you. No confusion.

She was absolutely fantastic. May God continue to guide, bless and protect the Obama’s!

I saw the interview too and I liked it.

Red…I’m with you I don’t get why people are all up and arms about the weight thing, they are just trying to find something to attack. I just looked at the yahoo front page and it is on there, I predict in a few hours we’ll have Michelle haters coming on here. I think she was just trying to relate her situation to others, no big deal.

I don’t get it. What is wrong with trying to encourage our young kids to put the video games down for a hour, and go outside and move around, exercise. And trying to help people to eat more healthy. We have kids who are battling diseases they weren’t battling years ago, like diabetes, high blood pressure, and others. Yes I know about eating disorders, let’s deal with that too. Let’s deal with kids picking on other kids because of their weight. Does childhood obesity concern anyone? I have a nephew who 9 years old and he weighs 150 pounds. Let’s just give it a chance, Mrs Obama will learn and so will the people who don’t seem to want to give this a chance.

@Adarton people are not criticizing the First Lady they are expressing legitimately held concerns abotu how we approach a topic with massive implications for the psyche’s of young fat children. I was told by my pediatrician that I would be dead by the age of 30 MIND YOU I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL! So I’m really not about to let pass all these skinny people who say that because kids are fat and we’re concerned abotu their health, to hell with the impact of singling them out for additional scrutiny. Again, you seem to think childhood obesity is merely about mechanics… as do most skinny people. That’s kinda my point. You assume that fat people are too stupid to know how weight is loss. By every objective measure I was in the top 2% of kids my age all throughout school, I was still morbidly obese.

Again as a fat person, I get sick of people acting as if obesity is a mechanical issue. Fat people aren’t stupid. they aren’t dumb and the medical community doesn’t know all. Afterall these are the same idots who told me that I should eat a HIGH CARB low fat diet to lose weight without mentioning that all those carbs were what was making me ravenous.

SO yes, there are legitimate concerns and my impression of the First Lady is that she is open to hearing those concerns.

I agree, I am waiting to see how the campaign unfolds and how the First Lady plans on fighting for the health of children in a constructive manner. That being said, she has partnered with pediatricians in this effort, which appears to make sense on one level, but on another she should be wary as when it comes to weight loss most medical doctors are QUACKS. I’m about protecting a group of children who are vulnerable to attack because they look different. You are worried about their health, so am I. I recognize that their health in its totality is far more important that complying with the BMI- another source of quackery from the medical profession.

Again, I think the First Lady is open to hearing those concerns.