First Lady Michelle Obama and her Let's Move campaign has been extremely influential in promoting healthy eating and living throughout the United States. However, Mrs. Obama has failed to acknowledge veganism for what it is; a practice and diet that not only comes with a plethora of health benefits, it's far better for the environment than a traditional diet and can help to reduce worldwide hunger.

A National Institute of Health study from 2013 found that those following a vegan or vegetarian diet are considerably less likely to die from a variety of ailments such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and renal disorders such as kidney failure. Studies have also shown that a vegan diet can protect against things such as prostate cancer, type-2 diabetes and breast cancer.

In regards to the environment, the Worldwatch Institute released a report in 2011 finding that 51% or more of global greenhouse-gas emissions is caused by factory farming animals. Even the United Nations has stated that animal agriculture is “one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.”

Veganism can also help with world hunger; according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment; “Even small shifts in our allocation of crops to animal feed and biofuels could significantly increase global food availability, and could be an instrumental tool in meeting the challenges of ensuring global food security.”

Michelle Obama deciding to go vegan and promote veganism would go a long way in improving the health of those in the U.S. while helping the environment and helping to put a stop to the annual slaughter of over 9 billion animals for meat.

Signing this petition will send an e-mail directly to Mrs. Obama, asking her to go vegan and promote veganism.