Michelle Obama lobbied for healthy school meals. Her new drinks wouldn’t qualify
WASHINGTON
Defeating Donald Trump in a Republican presidential primary won’t be an easy challenge for Ron DeSantis.
But it becomes exponentially harder — maybe even insurmountable — if he stumbles out of the gate.
As DeSantis prepares to formally declare his bid for president, Republican lawmakers, former candidates and strategists are predicting a difficult path through the first four nominating contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, where the Florida governor will have to clinch at least one victory to maintain party support, donor funding and popular momentum to proceed to Super Tuesday.
Iowa, they say, may provide
Public health advocates have long lauded Michelle Obama for her efforts to make American food healthier – especially for kids. From her perch in the White House, she led efforts to update school nutrition standards, modernize labeling on packaged foods, persuade kids to eat more fruits and vegetables, and increase their consumption of water. She even encouraged the food industry to curb the marketing of unhealthy products to children.
Now a co-founder and strategic partner at Plezi Nutrition, a maker of sweetened beverages for kids ages 6 and up, Obama says she’s offering a lowersugar alternative to steer them away from sugary drinks. The overconsumption of such beverages among children can lead to higher risks for maladies including heart disease, diabetes, tooth decay, obesity and headaches.
As soon as “most kids get to school age, drinking only water and milk just isn’t a reality,” Obama said at a Wall Street Journal conference earlier this month. “We’ve gotta live in the real world, we’ve gotta give kids something they want.”
But Plezi’s first product is a flavored juice drink blend that, under the very standards Obama championed, could not be served in U.S. schools.
Bloomberg News interviewed 12 independent health professionals and organizations and spoke with Plezi Chairman Sam