President Obama Covers ESSENCE, First Lady Michelle Obama Backs Disney Ban On Junk Food Advertising

President Barack Obama covers the July issue of ESSENCE hitting stands on June 12th.

In his interview with the magazine, El Presidente shares his plans for improving the economy, our health, homes and future — and why he’s excited about the next four years: “I’ve always approached my presidency as a long-term proposition . . . I didn’t run for office just to clean up the mess I inherited. I didn’t run for office just to return to the status quo. Understanding that some of the things I get done, we may not see the benefits from them for ten years. But that’s how change happens.”

Yesterday, wife FLOTUS Michelle Obama appeared with Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. to announce changes to Disney’s nutrition guideline policy.

The company will drop advertisers from its children’s programming that do not comply with tighter nutrition guidelines instituted by the media and entertainment giant.

“The minute you walk down the [grocery] aisle, the kids are singing some jingle, or they’re pulling on your leg begging you, pleading you for whatever they saw on TV,” she said. “And, as a mom, I know how that makes it even harder for us to keep our kids healthy.

Superman that hoe in the next cubicle over by hitting your afternoon dougie to Beyonce’s ”Move Your Body” video for the NABEF’s Let’s Move! Flash Workout.