"In February 2010, Michelle Obama launched "Let's Move!" with a wide-ranging plan to curb childhood obesity. The campaign took aim at processed foods, flagged concerns about sugary drinks, and called for children to spend more time playing outside and less time staring at screens. The campaign was roundly skewered by conservatives. Fox News pundits such as Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity portrayed Let's Move as a nanny-state plot to control the American diet, a slippery slope to the criminalization of french fries."
"Today, conservatives have embraced the same goals as Let's Move as part of the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" agenda. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is essentially rerunning Obama's playbook-and, in one key way, has taken it a step further. "They did something we were hesitant to do, which is to identify the food industry as the root cause of the problem,""
Michelle Obama's 2010 Let's Move campaign targeted processed foods, sugary drinks, increased outdoor play, and reduced screen time to address childhood overweight and obesity. Conservatives initially attacked the campaign as nanny-state overreach, but similar goals have since been adopted by the Trump administration's Make America Healthy Again initiative. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has emphasized the food industry as a root cause while relying on pressure rather than new regulations. Approximately one in three children remained overweight or obese, and Let's Move combined lifestyle encouragement with efforts to push industry to make healthier choices easier.
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