Remarks by Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Zavala at "Let's Move" event
11:31 A.M. EDT
MRS. OBAMA: Thank you all for sharing. I mean, one of the reasons we came to this school is because of what you all are doing here. I don't know if you know, but --
STUDENT: Can you come to Field Day?
MRS. OBAMA: You know, I'll see. I'll see what day it is and see what else is going on, but it sounds like a lot of fun, and maybe I could wear jeans and sneakers and really get under the house.
But one of the things that I’m doing as First Lady is making sure that kids are healthy and eating right and getting the right kind of exercise, which is why what you’re doing here at your school -- the fact that you’ve got such wonderful teachers who are focused on your health and how you eat. We’re going to go into the lunch room, and I don't know if we’re going to meet with you guys, but some of your classmates. And we’re going to see how you eat family-style and how you’re learning about how your bodies work, and how exercise is so important for your heart and the system all works together, and how food blends into that, because all of that is going to help you all develop really good habits so that when you’re adults you’re eating healthy. And if you decide to have kids of your own, you can teach them these habits.
But it’s so -- you are so blessed to be in a school like this that’s focusing and giving you this kind of information, and making it fun, right, because what you see is that exercise and play -- that's all exercise is, it’s a bunch of play. It’s just games. But you get your heart moving, and you’ve got to do that.
What they say is that kids should get 60 minutes of exercise every day. And you just got how many minutes were we --
MR. RYAN: About 25.
STUDENT: Can you come to Field Day?
MRS. OBAMA: You know, I'll see. I'll see what day it is and see what else is going on, but it sounds like a lot of fun, and maybe I could wear jeans and sneakers and really get under the house.
But one of the things that I’m doing as First Lady is making sure that kids are healthy and eating right and getting the right kind of exercise, which is why what you’re doing here at your school -- the fact that you’ve got such wonderful teachers who are focused on your health and how you eat. We’re going to go into the lunch room, and I don't know if we’re going to meet with you guys, but some of your classmates. And we’re going to see how you eat family-style and how you’re learning about how your bodies work, and how exercise is so important for your heart and the system all works together, and how food blends into that, because all of that is going to help you all develop really good habits so that when you’re adults you’re eating healthy. And if you decide to have kids of your own, you can teach them these habits.
But it’s so -- you are so blessed to be in a school like this that’s focusing and giving you this kind of information, and making it fun, right, because what you see is that exercise and play -- that's all exercise is, it’s a bunch of play. It’s just games. But you get your heart moving, and you’ve got to do that.
What they say is that kids should get 60 minutes of exercise every day. And you just got how many minutes were we --
MR. RYAN: About 25.
