By Crystal D. Swann
February 13, 2012

As part of her campaign to battle childhood obesity, First Lady Michelle Obama visited the site of a future grocery store in Inglewood and spoke about the importance of bringing fresh food to disadvantaged communities. The market, which will open in April in an empty warehouse on South Prairie Avenue, is part of a statewide push to reduce obesity by attracting grocers to low-income neighborhoods and making healthy food more accessible. The First Lady was joined by Conference President Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Inglewood (CA) Mayor James Butts at the grocery store event.

First Lady Michelle Obama is on a national tour to celebrate the second year of her “Let’s Move” initiative to end childhood obesity within a generation. The initiative, which was pre-launched in January 2010 at The U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting, will celebrate it’s official two year anniversary on February 9.