Let's Move!

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a Let's Move! and NHL partnership event in March 2011 alongside National Hockey League players Mike Green (left) and Patrick Sharp (right).

Let's Move! was a public health campaign in the United States led by former First Lady Michelle Obama. The campaign aimed to reduce childhood obesity and encourage a healthy lifestyle in children.[1][2]

The Let's Move! initiative had an initially stated goal of "solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight".[3][4][5] Let's Move! sought to decrease childhood obesity to 5% by 2030.[6] Despite its goal, the Let's Move! initiative did not cause a decline in obesity rates. In 2008, 68% of Americans were either overweight or obese. By 2016, that number jumped to 71.2%. In 2018, more than 73.1% of Americans were either overweight or obese.[7]

  1. ^ "America's Move to Raise A Healthier Generation of Kids: Learn the Facts". Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  2. ^ "Regis & Kelly Welcome Michelle Obama to Raise Obesity Awareness". ThirdAge. February 8, 2011. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "America's Move to Raise A Healthier Generation of Kids". Let's Move. Archived from the original on April 9, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
  4. ^ "First Lady Michelle Obama Launches Let's Move: America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids". whitehouse.gov. February 9, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2012 – via National Archives.
  5. ^ "Let's Move!". President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  6. ^ "Accomplishments - Let's Move!". Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  7. ^ Fryar, Cheryl. "Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Severe Obesity Among Adults Aged 20 and Over: United States, 1960–1962 Through 2017–2018" (PDF). CDC.GOV. CDC. Retrieved 9 September 2021.