TITLE

Moms Today: Calling for action

PUB. DATE
October 2010
SOURCE
Grand Rapids Family Magazine;Oct2010, Vol. 22 Issue 10, p11
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article offers information on a lady called Barb Flis of Michigan, who has been invited to the U.S. White House to support the Let's Move initiative of Michelle Obama, wife of U.S. President Barack Obama, which has been designed to reduce childhood obesity in the country.
ACCESSION #
63979884

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

 

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