The Obama’s are making a tremendous effort to fix the problem with childhood obesity. President Barack Obama signed a presidential memorandum to create the first-ever federal task force to provide “optimal coordination” between private sector companies, not-for-profits, agencies within the government and other organizations to address the problem of childhood obesity. Mrs. Obama is very passionate about eliminating childhood obesity .She said “We want our kids to face a different and more optimistic future in terms of their lifespan.” Mrs. Obama knows with this new federal task program that the government is going to have to step up to the plate and support this effort.

President Obama put First Lady Michelle Obama in charge of the Task force. In an interview on Good Morning America First Lady Obamas says “We want to eliminate this problem of childhood obesity in a generation. We want to get that done.” Childhood obesity is not healthy for the children and is not god like. Many children are suffering from because of the lack of physical activity and the amount of fast food consumption. You are what you eat.

Mrs. Obama has created a nationwide movement called “Let’s Move”. This movement has four pillars which: are getting parents more informed about nutrition and exercise, improving the quality of food in schools, making healthy foods more affordable and accessible for families, and focusing more on physical education. The Obama’s know that the government can’t do it by themselves but everyone has to play a role in the survival of the future generations. Things must change in how the future generation is eating and how to stay healthy. With this effort it just one step into solving this epidemic. Mrs. Obama said “”I mean, one in three kids are overweight or obese, and we’re spending $150 billion a year treating obesity-related illnesses. So we know this is a problem, and there’s a lot at stake.”