Anti-obesity advertisement should be shown to ALL parents of young children.

This commercial hit me really hard.

Just last week I was in a discussion about the terrible food habits of a client of mine, and how important it was for his health to intervene. Some looked at me with blank faces until I started listing off the increased number of type two diabetes cases in Alaska, especially within our native communities.

This is actually a very troubling problem in the mental health field, since many professionals will use the promise of treats to motivate their clients and do not recognize the long term negative effects of using food, especially jink food, as a reward for appropriate behaviors.

I have been fighting this bullshit for years, but there are still a lot of very intelligent people who are simply looking for a quick fix to inattentive children, and are introducing a potentially life altering problem as a side effect.

Obesity is the leading cause of preventable death in this country.

Perhaps it's just me, but I would rather have an inattentive kid on my hands then to contribute to the early death of a child.

Michelle Obama takes the high road when asked about Sarah Palin's antagonistic remarks concerning her anti-obesity program.

First let me just say that I LOVE this picture of our First Lady.  I love it!

She is not worried about looking foolish, or whether she is photographed with her hair looking just right. She is simply engaged with the kids and role modeling the very kind of activities that she is encouraging them to participate in.

THAT is how a leader inspires others.

And later when somebody asks her about that perennial party pooper Sarah Palin, this is what she has to say:

"I don't think about her in this initiative, because it is not really about...this initiative is about balance and giving parent the kind of advice and tips that they have been asking for.

"I don't think there is anyone who really questions whether this is a real issue. And when people really understand what "Let's Move" is about...I don't get the sense in anything I do on the ground, when I am in contact with parents and school teachers and educators and pediatricians, they are grateful we are having this conversation."

Asked if she had any message for Palin or other critics, Mrs. Obama said "Let's Move."

Now THAT is a class act, pure and simple.

You know I am just a simple blogger but if I could ask something of the journalists out there I would ask that they NEVER bring the name "Sarah Palin" up to our First Lady ever again.  Just don't do it.

Michelle Obama is much too classy of a lady to ever have to respond to a question about that ill-tempered fraud.


I would actually hope that nobody mention her to the President either, but if they MUST ask a Palin question please pose it to Barack and not to Michelle.  After all he is used to dealing with national disasters.

The View ladies address Palin's ridiculous attack on Michelle Obama during last Sunday's "Sarah Palin sees Alaska for the very first time."

Sarah Palin encourages children to stand up for their right to eat junk food while stomping on the 1st amendment rights of those who came to protest her in Pennsylvania.

From PhillyBurbs.com:

About a dozen people who had gathered to protest Sarah Palin's arrival at a fundraiser in Peddler's Village late Tuesday afternoon were forced to move by police.

Officers from both Solebury and Buckingham, who were providing security in the vicinity of the Cock 'n Bull restaurant where Palin was making an appearance, told the protesters that they could not stand across the street from the eatery's entrance.

Doylestown Township resident Mari Suarez, who was among the group, said police told her that the demonstrators were on private property and had to move.

"I don't think that's right," said Suarez.

"It's unjust," said Marlene Pray, the Doylestown resident who helped organize the protests. However, she said she was not surprised by the police action.

"We were told to expect this," Pray said. "It has happened at other places where Sarah Palin has appeared. It's her draconian security measures."

It seems that Sister Sarah is ALL about protecting the rights of students in Pennsylvania to increase their risks of tooth decay and contracting type two Diabetes, but does not recognize the hypocrisy inherent in the fact that the people who do not agree with her were not able to exercise their first amendment rights which our founding fathers provided to the citizens of this great country.

I can come to no other conclusion than that Sarah Palin hates America, but LOVES childhood obesity.

So what do you get when you have a parent who refuses to teach her children about good nutrition, or the importance of safe sex?

I have decided what I am going to get Bristol for Christmas this year.  A mother who actually loves her.

Perhaps she can find it in her heart to share her with the other members of her family, before it is too late for them as well.

P.S. I actually do feel a little guilty including Bristol's picture in this post, but it certainly seems relevant if her mother is going to protest the efforts of the Pennsylvania school system to protect their students from poor nutrition.  If somebody is going to stick their nose into how the schools and parents of another state care for their children, than obviously it is fair game to scrutinize how that person parents their OWN children. (And of course I am still pretty convinced that Bristol's weight gain is for another reason altogether, but since the Palin's are in denial about that then the only other alternative is that Bristol grew up without learning the importance of good nutrition from her parents. One of which is now giving nutional advice to the children in Pennsylvania.)