Oscar winner* Mo'Nique stars in a Let's Move! PSA; Food, Inc.; Julie & Julia; and Precious; Avatar; Beyonce, Jay Z, Dreamgirls...
Mrs. Obama wore a Wu design to the first fooducation event at the White House, too; Wu goes on the record
a special ceremony, Mrs. Obama will donate the lovely Jason Wu-designed gown she wore on the night of the Inauguration to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, to be added to the "First Ladies at the Smithsonian" exhibit. A special new gallery has been created, "A First Lady's Debut," and it will feature Mrs. Obama's gown and ten other gowns worn by First Ladies. The focus of the new gallery is the public impressions and media coverage that occurs when First Ladies make their debuts at Inaugural Balls. In photo at top, White House photographer Pete Souza's now-famous photo of President Obama and Mrs. Obama in a golf cart in between Balls; small photo is a better view of Mrs. Obama's gown.
Pro soccer is newest campaign partners for Let's Move!
--and her Food Initiative Coordinator, Sam Kass--to a youth soccer clinic, for the first official Let's Move! event that's actually involved Mrs. Obama moving with local kids. White House assistant chef Kass was on hand to serve the kids some good advice about how to eat right. Encouraging children to engage in sixty minutes of active play each day is one of the pillars of Let's Move!
bama visited Jackson, Mississippi on Wednesday for the second road trip for Let's Move! She toured the Sam M. Brinkley Middle School and Pecan Park Elementary School with Governor Haley Barbour, First Lady Marsha Barbour, and state and local officials. Mrs. Obama led what the White House has dubbed a "Let's Move! Rally" at Brinkley school, and addressed a wildly excited crown of about 1,000. Mississippi has the highest rate of child obesity in America, at 44.4 percent, but the First Lady noted that she wasn't visiting to shake a finger at anyone.
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Bipartisan campaign: America's fattest state is run by a Republican who will welcome the First Lady
During press briefing that turns into Obama Food Hour, Gibbs announces Presidential Pie Non-Proliferation Treaty
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to the members of the School Nutrition Association (SNA) on Monday in Washington, and congratulated the group for all its good work in ensuring that children are provided with nutritious meals, and urged them to continue. The SNA represents more than 75 percent of the food service workers in American schools, and the organization has made a big commitment to support Let's Move!, Mrs. Obama's ambitious campaign to end child obesity in a generation.
Rogers says she followed protocol and is not to blame for the dinner intruders; Secret Service apologized to her 
Now, Rogers is for the first time telling the real story about the night of the State Dinner crash, by going on the record with a different reporter. Rogers has had negative media scrutiny for months, as she's been blamed for the security breach at the November State Dinner, when reality TV aspirants Tareq and Michaele Salahi entered the event without an invitation. The Secret Service ultimately took full responsibility for the security breach, but that hasn't stopped many people from blaming Rogers, and calling for her resignation.
This morning, First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to 750 members of the School Nutrition Association (SNA), which represents more than 75 percent of the food service workers in American schools, some 55,000 workers. SNA is in Washington this week for their annual Legislative Action Conference, and Mrs. Obama addressed the group at the J.W. Marriott Hotel. She was greeted like a super star, and interrupted frequently by applause.
Livestreams for both hearings; witness lists after jump
here are many, many components to First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign, because it's a broad attempt to combat child obesity with as many tweaks to the foodscape as possible. Farmers markets have been identified by USDA as a good way to bring healthy, affordable foods to underserved areas, and to this end, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan has just announced that $5 million in funding for the 2010 Farmers Market Grant Program (FMPP) is being earmarked for Let's Move!.
Is it irony? Or proof that everybody needs Let's Move!, First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign to encourage America to eat better? Yesterday, during his first routine physical since taking office, President Obama was found to be "fit for duty," despite a cholesterol count that has risen to borderline high levels since his last medical records were publicly released in July of 2008. The cholesterol rise is being attributed to the President's diet.
White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers was among the many luminaries who showed up in Chicago this weekend to celebrate celeb chef Art Smith's fiftieth birthday, which is today. She was spotted at a party at The James Hotel. Smith has dropped ninety pounds over the last year, and he credits First Lady Michelle Obama as his inspiration.
This afternoon in Washington, DC, First Lady Michelle Obama will bring her child obesity campaign, Let's Move!, to America's school lunch professionals. At the J.W. Marriott, Mrs. Obama will address the School Nutrition Association (SNA) during the opening day of their annual legislative action conference. According to the East Wing, the SNA represents more than 75 percent of the food service workers in American schools. The organization has made a big commitment to support the First Lady's campaign, by increasing education and awareness of the dangers of obesity among their members and the students they serve, and ensuring that the nutrition programs in 10,000 schools meet the standards of USDA's HealthierUS School Challenge standards over the next five years.
