Since I am addicted to Reality shows I am always on the lookout for one that I haven’t seen or may be new blah blah…so while searching the Guide button for said shows, I happen to see not a reality show but that on FOX news First Lady Michele Obama (Oooooooooobama!) was going to be interviewed, so naturally cause I like her I set my Tivo  so I could find out what she was going to be chatting about. I know she is really into health and prides herself on being a Mom first so I was excited to see the interview..the guitar playing Huckabee fella was the one doing the interview and he himself has lost like 100 pounds while he was governor so they had the health thing in common and Mrs. Obama said he has been a part of her inspiration for the Let’s Move Campaign. That’s one of the many things I really liked about the interview and her cause, it crosses party lines. It’s not an agenda for one side or the other, it’s simply for the health of our children, which we can’t really argue has gotten out of hand. 1 in 3 kids are overweight or obese, wow 1 in 3! I know there are so many of you out there that think everything is just an agenda to control you and hey maybe some things are whatever…but childhood obesity isn’t one of them, it’s a REAL problem with REAL consequences for our Nation, here is one of them, It’s now effecting our Military.  At an alarming rate our young men and women are not being able to join the military because they are too fat, this is a rate the Military  has never seen 27 percent and that’s with 17 to 24 year olds, now think how that number can get even higher if we don’t do something now with our overweight, obese children. Other REAL consequences, children with Type 2 diabetes, this is the one you get from being overweight/obese and this also is on the rise. Scientist now believe this generation of children could be the FIRST generation to have a shorter lifespan than their parents. That’s right the FIRST!! And from something that doesn’t require research to find a cure or research to find the right medication, all from something we each as individuals have the power to fix and change.

Most parents look at their children and want a better life for their child than they had, well its come down to just that ‘LIFE’…with this generation being the one that could have a shorter lifespan than you, that’s what we can give our children an opportunity to live beyond you. We all know there are awful things that can happen to a child that may cause their death and those things are out of your control, not what you would choose, but as the parents you do choose what they eat, how much they eat and if they are getting exercise. This isn’t about one size fits all, something Mrs. Obama pointed out. It also isn’t about vanity, and it’s NOT  that a child has to be a certain size it’s about a child being healthy whether they have small, medium or large bones.  Any adult  that has had weight issues knows the awful struggle so why do that to your own child, why set your child up for the same???? Let’s Move is an investment in our country that will help us to remain strong and healthy enough to keep us productive Americans and  that is Wonderful!!