Just as we expected, first lady Michelle Obama announced details about her plan to get America's youth in shape this morning. While surrounded by children, Obama spelled out why she feels combating childhood obesity is important, and how she is going to make a difference - in short, get moving.

"This isn't about inches or pounds, it's about how our kids feel," she said. "There are more and more kids with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure today than ever before. Things we used to see only in adults."

"About one-third of our children are overweight or obese. None of us want that for our country," she said. "It's time to get moving."

It's called the Let's Move campaign, and it focuses on what families, communities and the public and private sectors can do to help fight childhood obesity. Obama has teamed up with health experts to craft a plan that will drastically reduce childhood obesity within a single generation.

So just what does a recipe for less childhood obesity look like? It includes more farmers markets, an increase in physical activity in schools, an expansion and modernization of the President's Physical Fitness Challenge (I know you remember that from your PE classes, I was particularly good at the rope climb), and partnerships with public health professionals and private companies to help spread the word and address this pressing issue. Michelle Obama also called to strengthen the Child Nutrition Act.

Parents, teachers, physicians, coaches and kids are all encouraged to visit the Let's Move campaign website for helpful tips, strategies and updates on how they can get involved and make the vision of a less obesity in kids a reality.

President Obama also signed a memorandum this morning establishing a federal task force devoted to confronting childhood obesity. He called it "one of the most urgent health issues that we face in this country." With 1 in 3 children currently obese and a projected 43% of all Americans being obese by 2018, we couldn't agree more. Time and time again, studies have drawn a link between obesity and fatal illnesses such as heart disease and cancer, two of the biggest killers in the U.S.

The childhood obesity task force, which includes several Cabinet members such as secretaries of Interior, Agriculture and Health and Human Services, has 90 days to come up with a plan that complements Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign and encourages "optimal coordination' between the federal government and both private and nonprofit sectors.

To hear the first lady talk about why she's getting tough on childhood obesity and reflect on her first year in the White House, tune into Larry King Live tonight, Tuesday, at 9 p.m. ET. Have a question you're dying to ask? Submit it to CNN.com/LarryKing!

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