PPL mad because Mrs. Obama talks about her kids and overweight fears.

ugh. People are mad at Mrs. Obama because she made a comment pretaining to her kids and their diets. How she changed their eating habits. All i can think is REALLY? With childhoob obesity on the rise you are really getting mad at her for speaking out about her own household and some concerns that was had when her kids started to pick up unhealthy eating habits. You are getting upset because she listen to a peiatrician? Seriously i am starting to think our First Family will never get anything right in ppl eyes.

Two weeks after announcing the unnerving news that childhood obesity has tripled over the last 30 years, and unveiling her own initiative to combat it, Michelle Obama has offended critics by discussing her own “wake-up" moment—when the family pediatrician told her that daughters Sasha and Malia were becoming overweight.

 

“In my eyes I thought my children were perfect," Mrs. Obama said at the January launch of her initiative. “I didn’t see the changes."

While innocuous to some, this comment has set off both valid and not-so-valid criticism in the blogosphere—everything from calling the first lady well-intentioned-but-misguided to hinting that she could be tipping off her daughters’ future eating disorders. Even with one-third of American children classified as overweight or obese, several critics are far more concerned with Michelle Obama’s anecdotal use of her daughters.

Jeanne Sager, a writer for Strollerderby who admits to reading “everything through eating-disorder glasses" says she feels worried for the girls because their mother has “taken an extremely touchy subject out into the open."

She goes on to say, “On the brink of teenagehood, Malia Obama is at an especially precarious position. With a naturally changing body, the idea that she has to face the world debating her fat puts her at higher risk for an eating disorder."

In a post that delineates the difference between what is accepted in “the eating disorder world" vs. "the outside world," Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh of the Huffington Post writes, “I am sucker-punched to read that our First Family put their daughters on a 'diet' because they feared 'obesity' and no doubt will be lauded for it…This is not an eating disorder issue, however, and it should not be only us who know this and speak out about it. These are medical, social, and ultimately self-defeating errors in thinking that do harm to all children and all of us. I am very sad today."

Jezebel brings up the fair point (via Fox News Channel contributor Michelle Malkin) that perhaps in “revealing that her children have had weight issues too" Michelle Obama is “exposing her children to scrutiny at an early age." Judging from the over-scrutinized lives of other White House daughters—from Amy Carter to Chelsea Clinton to the Bush twins—that’s one fate the Obamas might want to avoid whenever possible.

Mrs. Obama also sat down for a revealing interview on “The Today Show" (see clip below), where she talked about keeping Sasha and Malia grounded, finding time for dinner, and handling the pressures of being a style icon. 

Unfortunately, America loves to put people up on pedestals

and then take great pleasure in knocking them off.  This criticism

of the First Lady is ridiculous.  All children in the white house are

under the microscope (for everything they do) but Michelle Obama 

is spot on to address this issue because it is epidemic.  These girls

seemed to be well centered ... the Obama's and nana have done a 

wonderful job.  All parents should take a page out of the first family's

family skills book.   

Although I do think everyone is making a mountain out of a molehill, I certainly DO see the concern with her taking it out in the open for her daughters in the sense they mention in the article. SO glad I'm not a teen/pre-teen girl in THIS day and age. I can't imagine...it wasn't fun when I was going through it.

Oh geez, those kids are gonna be under scrutiny regardless. I remember when Chelsea Clinton was considered ugly. Imagine how that made her feel. People need to stop tripping. That is all.

Were they put on a diet or just had their eating habits changed?  There is a difference in my mind.  Still eating the same amount of food just a different type or cooking method.  Eating skinless baked chicken versus fried chicken. 
I don't see her doing anything wrong.  I'm shocked at how much junk people buy for their kids.  When I was growing up it was rare to see an overweight child.  Now you see too many overweight kids. 

Why are they assuming the girls will end up with eating disorders?  You don't see many black folks with anorexia or bulimia.  If anything we will over eat and not starve ourselves. 

Yeah, cause Kennedi big booty ass...got my hats...hips...ass...thighs....and I say it and no one gives a damn...

but ~gasps~ that's Michelle OBAMA...hell, Michelle got a booty...she understands she needs to make changes...trust me, some, like me applauding her! Just the ones who want to see her as **** up are made...and I bet they bone damn skinny.

Honestly, people will always find fault with Michelle and her husband

So, the fact of the matter is that she's taking her children's nutritional intake into focus and presenting it on the front line as an objective to all and its a problem. Great! God forbid we try to combat obesity!