NEW : Obama on ` `` Teachers are seeing the challenges that kids with weight issues are having -- not being able to participate in gym : By the end of the year , the Food and Drug Administration will begin working with retailers and manufacturers to adopt new nutritionally sound and consumer friendly front-of-package labeling to provide 65 million parents in America and other caregivers with easy access to the information they need to make healthy choices for their children . Small changes can make a difference . first lady introduces national campaign to fight obesity in children . President Michelle Obama signs memo establishing task force on childhood obesity . Number of overweight children has tripled since the weeks , study finds .
NEW : Obama on ` `` Teachers are seeing the challenges that kids with weight issues are having -- not being able to participate in gym : Small changes can make a difference . first lady introduces national campaign to fight obesity in children . President Michelle Obama signs memo establishing task force on childhood obesity . Number of overweight children has tripled since the weeks , study finds .