Michelle Obama Quotes About Nutrition

Quotes about: Nutrition

• I look at how my kids view exercise. They have a complete understanding that nutrition and exercise go hand in hand. I didn't think like that when I was a kid. But they have a real consciousness about it that I'd like to think comes from the years of attention we've put into this.

  Michelle Obama

  Real, Kids, Exercise

• African American children are significantly more likely to be obese than are white children. Nearly half of African American children will develop diabetes at some point in their lives. People, that's half of our children. ...We can build our kids the best schools on earth, but if they don't have the basic nutrition they need to concentrate, they're still going to have a challenge learning.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Kids, School

  "Michelle Obama Dons Dots At NAACP Convention", www.huffingtonpost.com. July 12, 2010.

• While budgets are tight right now, there are schools across the country that are showing that it doesn't take a whole lot of money or resources to give our kids the nutrition they deserve. What it does take, however, is effort. What it does take is imagination. What it does take is a commitment to our children's futures.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Children, School

  "Twitter's #ThanksMichelleObama Hashtag Has Students Sharing Photos of Their Gross School Lunches" by Alyssa Toomey, www.eonline.com. November 21, 2014.

• I've always tried to make sure that what I do really connects with the broader agenda of what my husband Barack Obama is trying to do.... But I also find that I have to be very passionate myself about the issue to be able to represent it well. One of the big issues that I've talked a lot about...is childhood health, nutrition and obesity.

  Michelle Obama

  Husband, Childhood, Trying

  Source: www.glamour.com

• We can all agree that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, all children should have the basic nutrition they need to learn and grow and to pursue their dreams, because in the end, nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our children... These are the basic values that we all share, regardless of race, party, religion. This is what we share. These are the values that this bill embodies.

  Michelle Obama

  Dream, Children, Party

  Michelle Obama's Remarks at the Signing of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. December 13, 2010.

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