JFK: “There is nothing, I think, more unfortunate than to have soft, chubby, fat-looking children…”

JFK “There is nothing, I think, more unfortunate than to have soft, chubby, fat-looking children"

In this news clip from President John F. Kennedy's speech at the 50th anniversary of children's bureau, JFK speaks out against childhood obesity.

JFK goes so far as to say that there is nothing "more unfortunate than to have soft, chubby, fat-looking children."

Kennedy discusses a child who goes to watch a basketball game and considers that his weekly exercise.

JFK goes on to encourage the people of America to enrich their children's lives with exercise and adventure.

Childhood obesity remains a pressing issue in America

*Remarks on the 50th anniversary of the Children's Bureau, 9 April 1962
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