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Let’s Move: Michelle Obama’s new plan to end obesity

The Obama Administration’s new childhood health campaign, “Let’s Move,” has just one goal: “To solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation.” Ambitious? Yes. Impossible? Maybe not. Let’s take a look at the plan’s specific objectives: 1) Parental support. As letsmove.gov notes, parents “play a key role in making healthy choices for their children.” “Let’s […]


Precious

Posted by Clarence Jones Have you seen “Precious?” I haven’t.  At least not yet, but I plan to see it this week. If the movie is half as intense as the buzz that I have been hearing, it is a movie to put on your public health must see movie list. However, a small warning […]