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  • Michelle Obama's healthy apps initiative announces winners

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    JC Fletcher
    JC Fletcher
    10.05.2010

    The White House's "Apps for Healthy Kids" initiative, fronted by First Lady Michelle Obama, has picked its winners. Among games, first place goes to Trainer, which encourages kids to train with virtual animals. Other winners include Fitter Critters, about properly feeding a virtual pet; Food Hero, which combines nutrition info with exercise challenges; and Smash Your Food, encouraging exercise through pantomiming Gallagher performances. Oh, wait! That last one is actually an app that displays the sugar, salt and oil contents of certain foods as they explode. That's ... actually still pretty funny.