To address the rise in childhood obesity that puts our young people at greater risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, and cancer during adulthood, First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move!
In our pre-linguistic, less individualistic childhood as a species, we depended on one another for survival, and leadership was both essential and instinctive.
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Joining us now here in Studio 3A in Washington is Bill Shore, founder and executive director of Share our Strength, an organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger in the United States.
Yet we stand out compared to our developed peers in failing to provide access to early childhood education.
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As Kramer's new owner drove away from our house, thus ended my childhood interest in any pet not covered in fur.
But our goal is to end the epidemic of childhood obesity in a generation.
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This bi-partisan legislation will significantly enhance the quality of food for our children for generations to come and is a dramatic step forward in reducing childhood obesity.
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For example, in just five years, Share Our Strength, a national organization committed to ending childhood hunger, was able to quadruple the money it raised by investing in fundraising.
We can gut education to pay for tax breaks that we don't need, or we can recruit 100, 000 new math and science teachers -- (applause) -- focus on early childhood education, provide job training for 2 million more workers in our community colleges, help to lower tuition costs for our students going to college.
Many of us are lucky enough to recall with pleasure the Christmases of our childhood: the gifts left by the chimney for Father Christmas, carols sung in biting cold weather, nativity plays, the warm glow we felt as Mother carried in the flaming Christmas pudding decorated with holly.
In the hourlong special report "Toxic Childhood, " Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines the large number of chemicals our children are exposed to -- even before they're born -- and assessed what we know and don't know about their impact on our children's health.
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