Join the President's Active Lifestyle Challenge

2010-10-25T04:40:30Z

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Gov't fitness efforts haven't stemmed kid obesity

2010-04-16T07:09:18Z

Government has pushed fitness efforts even as childhood obesity has climbed

First lady Michelle Obama isn't the first national leader to try to get America's kids off the couch. President Dwight D. Eisenhower tried more than 50 years ago, and it's been a losing battle since.

How to Get Motivated to Workout

2010-10-22T16:37:02Z

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Exhibit highlights JFK's fitness push

2010-09-10T12:59:40Z

As Americans Get Heavier, Exhibit Highlights John F. Kennedy's Push for Physical Fitness

When it came to encouraging fitness, few did more to get Americans off the couch than John F. Kennedy.

And he did it not by decree, but by example: from his days on Harvard's sailing team and the Kennedy family football games to defining physi...

As Americans get heavier, exhibit highlights John F. Kennedy's push for physical fitness

2010-09-10T12:59:38Z

When it came to encouraging fitness, few did more to get Americans off the couch than John F. Kennedy.

And he did it not by decree, but by example: from his days on Harvard's sailing team and the Kennedy family football games to defining physical fitness as a key principle of his administration even before his inauguration.

As the nation grows fatt...

Oswalds Coffin

2010-12-16T18:01:10Z

FILE - This file photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, shows the wooden coffin in which John F. Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was buried in, seen at the Nate D. Sanders Auctions in Los Angeles. The ghoulish piece of American history is expected to be pu...

Obama Medal of Freedom

2010-11-18T14:12:38Z

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2009, file photo, Jean Kennedy Smith, sister of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and President John F. Kennedy, arrives at the home of Eunice and Sargent Shriver, in ...

JFK Autograph

2010-11-08T14:32:10Z

A U.S. Senate business card with then Sen. John Fitzgerald Kennedy's name inscribed and a purported autograph written on the card as "Jack Kennedy" is displayed in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, where the card was found between the pages of a book purchased online the book's owner says. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Illinois Governor

2010-11-03T00:02:11Z

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn holds up his John F. Kennedy campaign pin as he addresses supporters believing he has won the gubernatorial race over Republican Bill Brady, in the midterm election Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 in Chicago. Quinn is seeking his first full term as...

Obit Sorensen

2010-10-31T16:01:30Z

FILE - In this Dec. 26, 1962 file photo, President John F. Kennedy meets with presidential council advisor Theodore Sorensen and other members of his staff in Palm Beach, Fla., regarding his 1963 tax cut proposal.

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