Why Michelle Obama's Large Posterior is an Issue

The First Lady has pushed hard against childhood obesity during her time in the White House by organizing exercise activities with children and replacing the old Food Pyramid with "Choose My Plate."

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But while preaching the need for healthy eating, the First Lady has also been caught red-handed indulging in extremely unhealthy foods.

In July, DC media outlets reported that she made a visit to a Washington, D.C. area Shake Shack and went to town on the fatty offerings. She ordered a burger, fries, a milkshake, and a Diet Coke -- a massive 1,700-calorie lunch.

At the time I argued that the First Lady needs to be smarter with her public eating choices and I feel it is still true today. As the wife of the leader of the free world, she has to serve as a good example to the America people, especially on her primary cause at the White House.

We've all gone a bit overboard on a big lunch or dinner in the past, but we all aren't in the White House preaching the need to eat healthy.

I'd disagree slightly with Sensenbrenner's ultimate point that the government shouldn't be telling Americans what to eat. No one wants to see a forced diet upon anyone, but there's no denying that childhood obesity is a major problem that needs to be tackled somehow.

More than 12.5 million children suffer from obesity, which makes it an issue that absolutely needs to be addressed.

The key question, which Sensenbrenner rudely alluded to, is whether someone Michelle Obama should be the one leading the charge?

She certainly has a massive pulpit to talk about childhood obesity as the First Lady, but hiccups like the Shake Shack visit show that she doesn't completely understand the ramifications of all of her actions.

When you organize a successful charity event or raise money for a good cause, the media will lavish you with praise.  But when you do something that goes against one of your primary causes, you have to expect the firestorm that will ensue.