Fox News: Michelle Obama blames partisanship for how unpopular her school lunch program was

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Michelle Obama blames partisanship for how unpopular her school lunch program was

During a recent podcast conversation, former First Lady Michelle Obama said she was surprised at how controversial her school lunch initiative turned out to be.......                    ...                        ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login said she can't believe how controversial her school lunch initiative turned out to be during a recent podcast interview.  ......"I was trying to be strategic about aligning my agenda with something that was important to the West Wing and I thought, 'There's no way that anyone is going to take issue with trying to make school lunches healthier, getting kids more active,'" Obama said on the podcast, "Not Gonna Lie" with Kylie Kelce, released Thursday......."Just trying to make the next generation healthier than ours and, boy, was I wrong, which is really interesting in these times with the current Secretary of Health and Human Services [You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login] who is now saying some of the same things that I was saying," she added.......Kennedy leads the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement and has said that he will push for "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and removing artificial food dyes, chemicals and preservatives.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......In 2010, Obama launched her "Let's Move" initiative intended to curb childhood obesity. ......The initiative had a focus on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and included changes such as "more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables; low-fat milk dairy products; and less sodium and fat," as well as portion control. The program specified that schools that complied with the changes would receive a reimbursement of 6 additional cents for each lunch served. ......"It became a partisan issue. People were telling me that I'm trying to be the 'nanny state,' and I'm trying to control what our kids are eating and telling them what's good for them and what's not good for them," Obama told Kelce. ......While acknowledging the pushback, Obama said that she thinks the program made a difference. ......"Eventually, we got a lot done. You know, we were able to improve the nutrition standards, the labels so that they were more readable, so that people's parents could really understand the breakdown of fat and sugar, and it was clear we got the school nutrition standards improved in our schools for the first time in like 50 years. There hadn't been any updates," Obama said. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......She also touted breaking the Guinness World Records title for having the most people doing jumping jacks during a 24-hour period at an event on the South Lawn of the White House. ......"We were really focused on making it fun, getting kids active, reminding parents that, you know, we got to make exercise fun," Obama said. "So we had a lot of amazing partnerships with the NFL, and we broke the Guinness World Record. I planted a garden to try to get people more focused on making vegetables a little more fun and interesting for kids. But it was all about really dealing with a real health crisis that at the time a lot of people didn't take seriously." ...

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