On February 9, 2010, Michelle Obama unveiled her ambitious initiative to combat childhood obesity through her “Let’s Move!” campaign, aiming to empower children and reduce obesity rates. The CDC reports that 1 in 5 children in the U.S. suffer from obesity which prompted President Obama to pass the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. This law aimed to promote healthier diets with mandated minimum servings of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains while limiting sugar, fat, and sodium. However, the program fell short of its goals and inadvertently exacerbated the problems it sought to address. The focus of her campaign was not only to ensure that our nation’s children are being fed but also fed healthy food through the aid of the government. This could have only been a good thing until reality proved otherwise. Within the first few years of this initiative, participation in school lunch programs across the nation fell dramatically. The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that nationwide participation in the National School Lunch Program declined by 1.4 million. Children’s decrease in participation coincided with rising lunch prices aiming to comply with new “health” standards set by the First Lady, which mandated minimum fruit, vegetable, and whole grain servings, as well as set a maximum for sodium, sugar, and fat contents. This centralization of our children’s diets drastically harmed low-income communities. Many low-income schools faced budget shortfalls, with some completely dropping out of the federal program. Ironically, this initiative reduced access to meals for the very same children the initiative sought to help. Michelle Obama’s “one-size-fits-all” approach to children’s diets, also did not account for dietary preferences or individual school needs. Thus, children were actively choosing not to eat the meals provided for them, calling them “gross” and posting pictures of their so-called nutritious and balanced meals with the hashtag #thanksmichelleobama. However, Michelle Obama was right: the quality and nutritional value of lunches can change and affect the current rates of childhood obesity. Unfortunately, her approach completely failed to address the real problem at hand: public health giants and their monopoly on the United States agrifood system. The National Institute of Health (NIH) recently conducted a study on the correlation between childhood obesity and low-income areas. Scientists found that adolescents residing in areas of low income had a greater than 50% higher risk of obesity. This statistic is the complete opposite when it comes to a majority of marginalized countries. So why does one of the wealthiest nations on the planet have the most significant rates of obesity? Low-income communities in the United States are consuming more ultra-processed foods now than ever before. Why? Because processed foods are often cheaper than fresh produce and they are made and marketed for convenience. Mass consumption of ultra-processed foods leads to a higher risk of health dangers and diseases due to high calorific content and low nutritional value. Students weren’t getting enough nutrition as it was and Michelle Obama’s school lunch program inadvertently replaced the traditional high-calorie, low-nutritional meals with a different form of processed foods. This change posed a significant issue for low-income students who depended on these meals, as the new options were often unappealing and failed to meet their dietary needs from the start. This systemic problem is at the heart of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement. RFK’s bid is to fix the American agricultural system and that begins with cleaning up public health agencies like the FDA and USDA claiming, “[t]hose agencies have become sock puppets for the industries they’re supposed to regulate” in a recent video. It has become abundantly clear that these agencies are solely operating for monetary gain, not for the people of America. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE In a Fox & Friends interview, RFK was asked what he would do to improve school lunches, and to that, he responded immediately: “I’ll get processed food out of lunches immediately. About half the school lunch program goes to processed food….We’re creating a diabetes problem in our kids, by giving them food that is poison and I’m going to stop that.” The “Make America Healthy Again” pledge to get toxic chemicals out of the food supply addresses the real problem the way Michelle Obama never could. Rather than just treating symptoms of obesity, RFK’s plans to reform America’s agricultural policies, agencies, thereby addressing the systemic failures in our food system. To truly combat obesity in America, we must prioritize the quality of our food. By addressing systemic failures and reforming the food supply chain, initiatives like RFK Jr.’s offer a more sustainable and realistic path to a healthier nation. * * * Dr. Naydeen González-De Jesús is a former college president and former U.S. public diplomacy officer who has championed student success and international collaboration. Her initiatives and contributions to the U.S.-Argentina Education Memorandum during the 2018 G20 Summit, have driven economic mobility, educational advancement, and strengthened bilateral relations. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Wire.

On Monday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), an erudite historian, praised President-elect Donald Trump as unique and called him “a mythic figure.” Gingrich, who has a PhD in European history and has written numerous books, including many historical novels, made his comments on Fox News. “If you’re a relatively sophisticated leader around the world, and you watch nine years of the rise of Donald Trump, and you watch two impeachments, and you watch all of these efforts to catch him in the law, and you watch two assassination attempts and the guy just keeps coming,’ Gingrich enthused. “As I said the other day, this is a mythic figure, almost like the various Scandinavian Beowulfs and other kinds of sagas. There’s no practical way that you can explain Trump within a normal political structure.” “He now represents, clearly, something like, according to the latest Rasmussen poll — 55% of the American people believe that he, in fact, got a clear mandate,” he continued. “Only 32% don’t agree, so he’s beginning to build almost a 2 to 1 margin that this is the leader of the American nation.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE “And if you’re the rest of the world – people forget, we are an enormous country, 345 million people,” he pointed out. “We are the third largest country geographically in the world. We have enormous power, clearly still, despite every screw-up at the Pentagon. We’re the most powerful nation in the world.” “And this is the guy who’s now coming back and they all respect it and they are, frankly, I think, stunned by it,” he concluded. .@newtgingrich on President Trump: “The guy just keeps coming… this is a mythic figure, almost like the various Scandinavian Beowulfs and other kinds of sagas. There’s no practical way you can explain Trump within a normal political structure.” pic.twitter.com/5jbcXMGIXU — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 10, 2024   In September 2023, Gingrich stated that he believed former President Barack Obama was running the Biden administration. Gingrich made the remarks during a Fox News interview on “Hannity” with guest host Pete Hegseth. “He has a pretty decent life and it doesn’t occur to him that all these other things that are piling up in a way that will be an absolute disaster for the Democratic Party,” Gingrich predicted accurately. “My personal guess is the driving force behind the Biden administration is Barack Obama. Obama is the only president since Woodrow Wilson to stay in Washington, and in Wilson’s case, he stayed because he had a severe stroke and he could not be moved.” “So the fact that Obama is here all the time, the fact that his staff permeates, literally permeates the Biden administration and Obama is really, really smart,” he continued. “Whatever Biden’s problems are at being kind of slow and cognitively decaying, Obama doesn’t have any of those problems. If you watched the administration, it is much more an Obama administration than say the Joe Biden of 10 or 15 years ago.”

The original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer film perfectly embodies the coziness of Christmas. This stop-motion movie first aired on NBC back in 1964. While the actors of the movie had no idea it would become such a huge success, it continues to be one, even today. In fact, this beloved film is set to return to our screens on NBC in a couple of days! This is being done to celebrate the 60th anniversary. But watching the film isn’t the only way to take a trip down memory lane. Turns out, some of the Rudolph puppets that were used to make the movie are still around. Sadly, many of them melted in an attic. But the two originals that survived, both Santa and Rudolph, have been on quite a journey since they were first made for the movie. TikTok Despite the damage these two puppets received, the original owner was able to sell them for a pretty good price. Thankfully, this new owner was able to get them perfectly restored. From there, Santa and Rudolph found a new home once more… but that didn’t last either. Before long, they were being auctioned off for $287,000. Original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Puppets Find the Perfect New Home @roadshowpbs In honor of the 60th anniversary of the iconic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special, take a look back to when Santa and Rudolph visited ROADSHOW and find out what happened after the appraisal! #antiquesroadshow #extraordinaryfinds #rudolph #rudolphtherednosereindeer #santa #puppetsoftiktok #puppet ♬ original sound – Antiques Roadshow But the person who spent all of that money didn’t want to keep the puppets for himself. Instead, he selflessly donated them so that folks from all over can appreciate them. Their new home? The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia. Here, the art of puppetry is preserved and celebrated. In fact, you can see the Santa and Rudolph puppets on display right now! “I’m crying over these little guys, what a great story,” someone shares in the comment section of the video, another adding, “I feel like that’s what I would do with my money if I were rich.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Original “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” Puppet Set Sells For An Astounding $287K & Buyer Donates Them appeared first on InspireMore.

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One of the most highly anticipated recurring events in the streaming era occurred this week as millions of users each flocked to the Spotify app to assess the results of their annual, personalized Spotify Wrapped analysis. The release unsurprisingly evoked various reactions from users, many of which directed criticism toward the gargantuan streaming service regarding its utilization of Artificial Intelligence in this year’s roundup of statistics. Many users took to social media to express discontent at the lack of personal genre analysis included in the 2024 Spotify Wrapped cycle. Others leveraged criticism at the artificially generated, podcast-style exchange assigned The post Learned Helplessness In The Streaming Era appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.