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Michelle Obama’s campaign for better nutrition has come under fire yet again, just days after Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie defended her anti-obesity initiative.
And what is the complaint against the first lady this time? She is now being accused of stuffing a staggering 2200 calorie meal into the mouths of state governors at a White House gala last night.
Washington, D.C. reporter and author of the blog whitehousedossier.com Keith Koffler published a caloric run-down of what was placed in front of the Obama’s guests at the gala 2011 Governor’s Dinner.
n what he emphasises as ‘conservative’ estimations, Koffler assumes the calorie count of the salad, sides and local black angus beef with blue crab, along with desert and wine, total 2200 calories.
If his estimates are correct, the meal overshoots the 1940 calories per day recommended for women, while it falls just short of the 2550 recommended daily intake for men, according to the UK Department of Health Estimated Average Requirements (EAR).
Obama Foodorama, the ‘blog of record about Obama food initiatives,’ said that last night’s dinner was meant to reflect Michelle Obama’s controversial nutrition drive.
‘The evening's meal was a major symbol of the first lady's Let's Move! campaign, the…initiative that is closest to Mrs Obama's heart,’ according to Obama Food-o-rama reporter Eddie Gehman Kohan.
Kohan responded to Koffler's accusations today, calling his blog post a ridiculous foray into pure food fiction, and reassuring that no way outside of the White House can claim to know what size portions were for the dinner, and assign them calorie counts.
'The First Lady promotes balance and moderation in eating, and also encourages small portion sizes; she's also said that there are times when indulgence is fine, such as at a lovely bipartisan black tie dinner. But the Governors' Dinner wasn't necessarily the "indulgence" this writer claims,' Kohan said today, adding that the first lady sticks to small portion sizes for White House events.
Criticizing her decision on what to serve, Koffler dug into Michelle Obama for what he sees are frivolous, fattening add-ons that contradict her message of balanced meals for America’s children.
‘Sunday, she served the governors beef instead of chicken, threw in some fattening plantain chips even though she already had a side of black beans and rice for them, added an unnecessary dollop of honey to the tropical fruit dish, and dropped the coconut sorbet – otherwise not a bad dessert choice – into a “chocolate shell,’ Koffler wrote.
The first lady's Let's Move! campaign is a nationwide initiative that seeks to promote making healthy choices, improve food quality in schools, and increase access to healthy, affordable food across the country.
Michelle Obama has come under fire from the conservative right many times before, with critics pointing to what she is spotted eating in public and saying that she doesn’t practice what she preaches.
‘It doesn’t look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary, dietary advice. And then we hear that she’s out eating ribs at 1,500 calories a serving with 141 grams of fat per serving,’ consecutive radio host Rush Limbaugh pointed out to his audience last week.
It was later revealed that the meal was a low-calorie, healthy choice.
This came shortly after Sarah Palin took a jab at the first lady’s focus on nutrition on her short-lived reality series ‘Sarah Palin's Alaska.’
'This is in honour of Michelle Obama, who said the other day we should not have dessert,' Palin said while preparing s’mores.
Meanwhile, two leading members of the GOP have publicly come out in support of the first lady's drive.
Former Arkansas governor and potential 2012 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, as well as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, have both publicly supported the Let's Move campaign and the first lady's efforts to reduce the number of overweight children in the country.
'What Michelle Obama is proposing is not that the government tells you that you can't eat dessert,’ Huckabee told Fox News Sunday, adding that Americans need to 'recognise that we have a serious obesity crisis - which we do.'
Meanwhile, on CBS's Face the Nation programme, Mr Christie seemed to beat down his outspoken Republican colleagues by saying criticism of the campaign was 'unnecessary'.
Christie said: 'I think it's a really good goal to encourage kids to eat better.
'I struggled with my weight for 30 years. If a kid can avoid that … more power to them, and I think the first lady is speaking out well' he added.
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