Sen. Blanche Lincoln reports that she met with First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House today to discuss ways to combat childhood obesity.

As chairman of the Senate’s Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, Lincoln will oversee reauthorization this year of the Child Nutrition Act.

“The prevalence of childhood obesity is an alarming trend, with one in three American children now considered overweight or obese,” Lincoln said in a news release. “Although we have our work cut out for us, we are not going to be starting from scratch. Programs in Arkansas have been making great strides to encourage more nutritious eating habits among our children, to get them physically active and to promote healthier lifestyles. I was proud to share these successes with the First Lady.”

Also attending the meeting were Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack; Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius; Senate Agriculture Committee member Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa; Senate Health Committee member Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.; House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Mill, D-Calif., and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn.

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