Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every corner, none of that matters if when families step into a restaurant, they can't make a healthy choice.

My happiness is measured against my kids' happiness - when they're in a good place, I feel really good.

Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable - their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves.

Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you.

People have notions of what a wife's role should be in this process, and it's been a traditional one of blind adoration. My model is a little different - I think most real marriages are.

I feel fortunate as a woman to have a husband who loves me and shows me in every way.

I hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it.