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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/170/healthy_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Group Helps US Children Learn About Healthy Foods' data-article-id='400'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13458'>Our story begins at the John Burroughs Elementary School in Washington, DC. The school’s kindergarten students are staying late today -- an hour after classes normally end.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='13458' data-end-time='18458'>The boys and girls are not seeking help with reading skills or mathematics. </span> <span data-start-time='18458' data-end-time='24979'>They instead are tasting kale, a vegetable that many of them are eating for the first time.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='24979' data-end-time='32667'>Student Robert Smith says “it tastes good” as he eats the green leaves, with olive oil on them.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='32667' data-end-time='37250'>The school’s teachers are also learning about eating healthier. </span> <span data-start-time='37250' data-end-time='43771'>Dionne Hammiel says she has been encouraged to eat vegetables she never thought she would like.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='43771' data-end-time='45208'>“The kale, especially. </span> <span data-start-time='45208' data-end-time='47979'>It was like, ‘No thank you.’ </span> <span data-start-time='47979' data-end-time='48917'>So she said, ‘Try it this way.’ </span> <span data-start-time='48917' data-end-time='50854'>I was like, ‘Oh, I like it.’ </span> <span data-start-time='50854' data-end-time='53458'>So I went home and started making kale for myself.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='53458' data-end-time='58583'>Ms. Hammiel says her students have learned healthy eating habits from the program. </span> <span data-start-time='58583' data-end-time='62979'>She hopes they will keep a healthy diet for the rest of their lives. </span> </p><p><span data-start-time='62979' data-end-time='67271'>The program is taught by young people like Karen Davison. </span> <span data-start-time='67271' data-end-time='69479'>She is a member of FoodCorps.</span> <span data-start-time='69479' data-end-time='75625'>The non-profit group gets money from the Americorps national service program.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='75625' data-end-time='83104'>Since the beginning of the school year, Ms. Davison has spent each day in this Washington, DC classroom. </span> <span data-start-time='83104' data-end-time='88604'>She gives the kindergarteners vegetables that many of them have never tasted. </span> <span data-start-time='88604' data-end-time='95146'>She teaches them where their food comes from and how they can choose to eat healthier meals.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='95146' data-end-time='96958'>“They see a lot of packaged food. </span> <span data-start-time='96958' data-end-time='99563'>If they eat vegetables, it’s not necessarily fresh.</span> <span data-start-time='99563' data-end-time='111417'>It’s not necessarily whole, so being able to bring in fresh vegetables, leafy greens, interesting fruit, is really a great experience for these students.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='111417' data-end-time='114667'>FoodCorps was launched five years ago. </span> <span data-start-time='114667' data-end-time='121479'>It sends more than 180 young Americans to 500 schools across the United States. </span> <span data-start-time='121479' data-end-time='129146'>The young people teach students about nutrition and how they can eat healthy foods both at school and at home.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='129146' data-end-time='140000'>FoodCorps also works with other groups to plant vegetable gardens in schools and bring healthier foods to stores -- especially stores in cities. </span> <span data-start-time='140000' data-end-time='145333'>Many small urban stores often sell only packaged foods.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='145333' data-end-time='148604'>Maddie Morales is a member of FoodCorps. </span> <span data-start-time='148604' data-end-time='157833'>She says the group’s work is especially important in the fight against childhood obesity when a child has too much body fat. </span> <span data-start-time='157833' data-end-time='164979'>She notes that the child obesity rate in the United States is twice what it was 30 years ago.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='164979' data-end-time='174271'>“The repercussion of having an unhealthy population is absolutely unacceptable and really scary in some ways that it affects our national security. </span> <span data-start-time='174271' data-end-time='182542'>It affects our ability to be a productive country and it is imperative that we change the system.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='182542' data-end-time='193896'>In January, President Barack Obama’s wife Michelle asked FoodCorps cofounder Debra Eschmeyer to lead the government’s “Let’s Move” program. </span> <span data-start-time='193896' data-end-time='200708'>The goal of the campaign is to reduce childhood obesity through healthy eating and exercise.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='200708' data-end-time='210396'>In a statement, Mrs. Obama said Ms. Eschmeyer has taught children about the importance of healthy eating for more than ten years. </span> <span data-start-time='210396' data-end-time='221521'>She said: “From classrooms and gardens to kitchens and farms, Deb has made learning about nutrition fun and accessible for kids across the country.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='221521' data-end-time='228042'>Ms. Eschmeyer joined Mrs. Obama at the White House Kitchen Garden planting in April. </span> <span data-start-time='228042' data-end-time='235250'>At the event, Mrs. Obama also marked the fifth year since the beginning of the “Let’s Move” program.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='235250' data-end-time='243667'>Mrs. Obama and students from around the country planted spinach, radishes, bok choy, broccoli and lettuce. </span> <span data-start-time='243667' data-end-time='252938'>She urged people to plant their own vegetables and tell on social media five things they are doing to lead healthier lives.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='252938' data-end-time='258354'>“Let’s share our progress because we are going to come back and harvest in a few months. </span> <span data-start-time='258354' data-end-time='267333'>And I would love to see what other community gardens, schools, school gardens are doing out there to move forward on getting our kids to eat healthy.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='267333' data-end-time='271979'>Mrs. Obama began “Let’s Move” in February, 2010. </span> <span data-start-time='271979' data-end-time='277771'>She said she was worried about increasing obesity levels among American children.</span> <span data-start-time='277771' data-end-time='284583'>As obesity levels increase, so do the risks of diabetes, heart disease and asthma.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='284583' data-end-time='295833'>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than one-third of American children and adolescents are overweight or obese. </span> <span data-start-time='295833' data-end-time='300833'>The number is even higher among African-American and Hispanic youth.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='300833' data-end-time='308250'>Mrs. Obama has worked to put healthier foods in schools and urged young people to exercise. </span> <span data-start-time='308250' data-end-time='315542'>And she has partnered with large companies like Nike, which makes athletic clothing and running shoes.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='315542' data-end-time='317146'>I’m Jim Tedder</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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