Michelle Obama wants schools to have salad bars to improve eating habits

First lady Michelle Obama wants to see public schools add 6,000 salad bars within the next three years. The first lady has made boosting fruit and vegetable consumption a major goal in her effort to get people to eat better.

She was at Riverside Elementary School in Miami, Florida to unveil the new initiative to get kids to eat healthier.

The United Fresh Produce Association says only about 15-percent of public school cafeterias have salad bars right now and for the others, it just costs too much to install one.

It costs about $2,500 for all the equipment.

As part of Mrs. Obama's "Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools" initiative, the UFPA is donating salad bars to schools around the country.

Riverside is the first school to get one of the free salad bars.

The White House estimates the cost to care for obese children has tripled over the past three deceades.

The First Lady has spent a lot of her time working to lower that rate and raise awareness about the growing problem.