TITLE

First Lady pays a visit to New Jersey elementary school

AUTHOR(S)

TOWNES, GLENN

PUB. DATE

November 2010

SOURCE

New York Amsterdam News;11/25/2010, Vol. 101 Issue 48, p4

SOURCE TYPE

Newspaper

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports that U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama visited the Maple Avenue School in Newark, New York on November 18, 2010 to advocate her national platform of children's healthy eating habits and to raise awareness about childhood obesity where she discussed a report on childhood obesity and answered questions from students and staff of the school.

ACCESSION #

55730452

Tags: OBAMA, Michelle, 1964-;  OBESITY in children

 

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