First Lady Michelle Obama visited Miami yesterday to celebrate the 4th anniversary of her “Let’s Move!” Campaign. She made an announcement earlier this week about efforts to offer healthier choices for kids and limit junk food marketing in schools. But those healthier options will soon be available after school.
The First Lady announced a new partnership with The Boys and Girls Clubs of America and the National Recreation and Park Association. Those organizations agreed to provide kids who participate in their after-school programs with healthy snacks.
"With these new commitments kids will be getting a fruit or a vegetable at every meal and at every snack. They’ll be drinking healthy beverages like water and low fat milk. And they’ll be getting active", Obama said. "They’re going to be moving around, at least 30 minutes a day."
The First Lady was joined by actress and comedian Amy Poehler at the Gwen Cherry Park Center in Liberty City. Poehler started things off by talking about the success of the Let’s Move! campaign over the past four years.
"Let’s Move is such an amazing initiative - it’s taking off a little bit faster than my initiative, 'Let’s Help ME Move,' which is not going as well", joked Poehler.
All joking aside, since the initiative began obesity among low-income preschoolers has declined in 19 states. That’s according to the campaign. The First Lady is now challenging the country to show how they move using social media. She says if enough photos and videos are posted using the hashtag “let’s move,” the President might show us a few moves of his own.