Combining comprehensive strategies with common sense, Let’s Move! is about putting children on the path to a healthy future during their earliest months and years; giving parents helpful information and fostering environments that support healthy choices; providing healthier foods in our schools; ensuring that every family has access to healthy, affordable food; and, helping children become more physically active.

As first lady, Obama championed healthier school meals as part of the “Let’s Move” campaign, and also planted the first vegetable garden in the White House in more than 60 years. The then- first lady appealed to elected officials, food makers, sellers, restaurant chains and others to try to make healthy food more accessible.

In 2011, Michelle Obama launched the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new MyPlate project, encouraging Americans to fill their plates with fruits, veggies, whole grains, and lean protein. But the former first lady makes room for junk food in her own diet.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), along with PHA Honorary Chair Michelle Obama and Higher Ground Productions, announced that the ‘ Pass the Love w/ Waffles + Mochi ‘ campaign has surpassed its goal of distributing one million healthy meals to families facing food insecurity around the country.