Michelle Obama's push to cut kids' obesity

by Neil Peirce
url: http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_15271221
Published: Mon, Jun 14th, 2010
Can we really slim down the next generation of Americans, help our school children shed the extra pounds that could spell lifetimes with high prospects of type 2 diabetes or heart problems? <br/> <br/> Michelle Obama is trying hard to reach parents with her "Let's Move" campaign. Scientific evidence is being mustered. The link to America's military preparedness is being made. As Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., wrote recently to the first lady, nearly a third of 17- to 24-year-olds are unfit for military service due to their weight or lack of fitness.