Four Ways Barack Obama Can Change The Way We Eat

With two young children in the White House, President Obama is expected to support legislation designed to improve the nutritional standards of foods provided through school breakfast and lunch programs. The current front runner for the position of Surgeon General, Sanjay Gupta, MD, is also known for his commitment to fighting the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic through his work with CNN’s Fit Nation program. It’s believed that if Dr. Gupta gets the job, he will make fitness and nutrition a big part of his public policy work.

Of the four things listed, this is the biggest one to me. While I went to private school, my mom has been a public school teacher for nearly my whole life. I’ve been to school with her and I’ve seen what the kids eat. It’s awful. If you want to eat healthy, good luck. There’s no shot. It’s all sugar, coloring and starches.

Sure unhealthy food is cheap but combine poor nutrition with one or two hours of gym a week, you’re going to get a generation of fatties.