The first lady’s “Let’s Move!” initiative to improve school nutrition and exercise drew some criticism from the right—which has been much more muted as the Trump administration promotes MAHA messaging.

By Barbara Rodriguez for The 19th

At an elementary school in Washington, D.C., the speaker at the podium wanted to talk about children’s health and the impact of childhood obesity.

“Our generation is facing so many devastating health problems because of how we live and how we eat — illnesses like diabetes and heart disease and cancer — that cause so much suffering and cost our economy billions,” the speaker said. “And today, we need to ask ourselves: Are we going to hand down these problems to our next generation? Or are we going to do what we’ve always done in this country and leave some

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