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FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA HELPED AGRICULTURE
SECRETARY TOM VILSACK UNVEIL THE NEW MY PLATE
ICON, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HELP AMERICANS MAKE BETTER
FOOD CHOICES.
First Lady Michelle Obama: This is a quick, simple
reminder for all of us to be more mindful of the
foods that we're eating.
And as a mom, I can already tell you how much
this is going to help parents all across the
country.
AT A POST EVENT PRESS CONFERENCE VILSACK SAID MY
PLATE IS NOT A MANDATE BUT A GUIDE.
Tom Vilsack: We're suggesting that there is a
healthy, balanced opportunity here and this
is what a healthy, balanced opportunity looks like.
We're not suggesting that they should not ever have
a cookie or a treat or dessert or whatever.
This is not what this is about and it's unfortunate
that people want to make it about that.
What this is about is a nation that has an obesity issue.
A third of our kids are obese or at risk of being obese.
The percentages of adults who face chronic disease
as a result of obesity are significant.
The costs associated with obesity are enormous.
AND ONE COST IS THE UNDERMINING OF OUR
MILITARY ACCORDING TO A RETIRED AIR FORCE
LIEUTENTANT GENERAL.
Lieutenant General Norman R. Seip:
Today, nine million seventeen to twenty four
year olds cannot join the military simply because
they are overweight to the tune of two hundred
seventy million pounds.
It's not about tanks, it's not about airplanes, it's
not about ships.
It's about the young men and women who so proudly serve.
We need to set up our next generation to be
successful so that someday they may be called
America's greatest generation.
FOR MORE MY PLATE INFORMATION GO TO CHOOSE
MY PLATE DOT GOV.
IN WASHINGTON D-C FOR THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE I'M BOB ELLISON.