Michelle Obama has made healthy eating a priority for her family and for America. During the campaign, she made it clear organic foods were her first choice for daughters Sasha and Malia. Now in the White House, the First Family has a chef who specializes in local, organic ingredients. Recently, Michelle and a bunch of Washington, D.C., school kids grabbed their shovels and planted a White House vegetable garden.
So some have found it shocking that the youngest Obama doesn't always carry whole grain PB&J sandwiches and fresh fruit in her lunch. Friends have told nosey reporters that about three times a week Sasha pulls this out of her Jonas Brothers lunchbox:
Lunchables!
Yes, those overpackaged, high-calorie, low-nutrient premade lunches by Oscar-Meyer.
Sasha's classmate reports the second-grader usually has the Maxed Out Pepperoni, which includes a bottle of spring water and a packet of powdered Kool-Aid, or the Ham & American Stackers, which includes a bite-size Snickers bar. During freetime, the "friend" said Sasha likes to play on the Lunchables cartoon website.
Michelle has said the family isn't perfect and they just try to do their best, but Lunchables? Are we taxpayers footing the bill?
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