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The Obamas have come out against obesity, making it a goal to have obesity ratings for all citizens done by 2014.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/17/feds-monitor-obesity-white-house-promotes-obama-cook-senior-position/</ref>  This includes mandatory checks on body fat index, to be made available in medical health records.  According to ''The Hill'', the "first lady Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity has thrust a tax on fast food and soft drinks onto the legislative agendas of local and state governments."<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/101213-poll-finds-stiff-resistance-to-obesity-tax</ref> "We all know the numbers," Michelle Obama said. "I mean, one in three kids are overweight or obese, and we're spending $150 billion a year treating obesity-related illnesses. So we know this is a problem, and there's a lot at stake."<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/michelle-obama-childhood-obesity-initiative/story?id=9781473</ref> Her efforts include teaching kids at the school level about proper nutrition and diet;<ref>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-michelle-obama-20100716,0,5929371.story</ref> she also has made claims that it costs over $140 billion a year in heath care, in addition to national security issues.<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/61157</ref>

The Obamas have come out against obesity, making it a goal to have obesity ratings for all citizens done by 2014.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/17/feds-monitor-obesity-white-house-promotes-obama-cook-senior-position/</ref>  This includes mandatory checks on body fat index, to be made available in medical health records.  According to ''The Hill'', the "first lady Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity has thrust a tax on fast food and soft drinks onto the legislative agendas of local and state governments."<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/101213-poll-finds-stiff-resistance-to-obesity-tax</ref> "We all know the numbers," Michelle Obama said. "I mean, one in three kids are overweight or obese, and we're spending $150 billion a year treating obesity-related illnesses. So we know this is a problem, and there's a lot at stake."<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/michelle-obama-childhood-obesity-initiative/story?id=9781473</ref> Her efforts include teaching kids at the school level about proper nutrition and diet;<ref>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-michelle-obama-20100716,0,5929371.story</ref> she also has made claims that it costs over $140 billion a year in heath care, in addition to national security issues.<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/61157</ref>

This focus on obesity, however, didn't stop the Obama family from going to a Mount Desert<ref>http://www.mdiic.com/</ref> ice cream parlor in North Carolina,<ref>http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/white-house-wanderers-tour-acadia_2010-07-16.html</ref> where a typical vanilla is very high in saturated fat and calories,<ref>http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-ice-creams-vanilla-i19095</ref> alongside any other premium ice cream<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/2008/05/21/six-of-the-most-fattening-ice-cream-flavors.html</ref>. In addition, Barack Obama appointed [[Regina Benjamin]], an obese woman, to be the US Surgeon General.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=8129947&page=1</ref>  Regina Benjamin and the Obamas have yet to publicly discuss the [[Lesbianism and obesity|significant obesity problem within the lesbian community]].

This focus on obesity, however, didn't stop the Obama family from going to a Mount Desert<ref>http://www.mdiic.com/</ref> ice cream parlor in North Carolina,<ref>http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/white-house-wanderers-tour-acadia_2010-07-16.html</ref> where a typical vanilla is very high in saturated fat and calories,<ref>http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-ice-creams-vanilla-i19095</ref> alongside any other premium ice cream.<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/2008/05/21/six-of-the-most-fattening-ice-cream-flavors.html</ref> In addition, Barack Obama appointed [[Regina Benjamin]], an obese woman, to be the US Surgeon General.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=8129947&page=1</ref>  Regina Benjamin and the Obamas have yet to publicly discuss the [[Lesbianism and obesity|significant obesity problem within the lesbian community]].

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