Michelle Obama has highlighted the importance of eating healthily and keeping fit during the launch of her recast President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition.
The First Lady struck a series of fitness poses while exercising with students in Washington DC on Wednesday.
The Council will now also focus on teaching people to eat more healthily as it is estimated that one in three Americans are now overweight or obese.
Mrs Obama said: “We’re spending billions of dollars on treating obesity-related conditions and we can’t afford to keep going down this road.”
She said Congress needed to set stricter nutrition and exercise requirements for public school students.
“I urge Congress to provide the resources we’re going to need to support these important programs,” Obama said. “This is an important time.”
Yoga was only one of the fitness stations that was set up at the event, which was staged inside the Bell Multicultural High School gym in Columbia Heights in northwest Washington.
Obama also jump-roped, juggled with scarves and helped assemble trail mix snacks with the students, along with star athletes including gymnast Dominique Dawes, figure skater Michelle Kwan and NASCAR driver Carl Edwards – all council members.
“It’s not just about calorie-counting,” Obama said. She stressed the importance of striking a balance between exercise and nutrition.
“Our goal is to end the epidemic of childhood obesity in a generation,” she said.
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