Michelle Obama Still Trying To Parent American's Diet

Lets be frank, Americans (and many around the world) do not have the healthiest diet. Obesity is a problem, and there are people who need to suck it up and start working out instead of eating out. Although, it is a personal responsibility and is left up to the individual as to how to handle it. However, according to Michelle Obama in a recent interview promoting her new book about obesity, she says this is not about government "telling people what to do."

Perhaps, it is not about government control. However, when the first lady is making comments about manufacturers making food healthier, school lunches meeting certain health criteria (which is totally bogus), and changing restaurant menus and services in order to push for what she believes is healthier service. She has also criticized the military food (which is also understandable), mainly for the food not encouraging soldiers to eat their vegetables, so to speak.

In many ways, Michelle Obama is right in wanting to push for a healthier America. Sometimes it has been hard to do so when her husband and her (at times) go out to eat fries and burgers or other high calorie meals. Even so, America does have an obesity probably, and in many ways it is due to unhealthy convenience food over healthy options. In many cases, it is not the lack of stores with healthy options, it is people who just choose not to eat the healthier item.

Despite what Mrs. Obama claims, in some ways, the government is already trying to control the food industry by way of restaurants and schools. However, as much outrage as that causes for some, imagine if the government tries to control food inside American homes as they are trying to do with kids working on a farm? As much as health is important, and Mrs. Obama is in the right, people need to workout and be healthy, as well as be good healthy role models for children and to reduce many health risk factores, it is wrong to force people to eat a certain way. That is what some seem to be concerned about.