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How Did PepsiCo’s CEO Infiltrate the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Annual...
Because I tend to focus my attention on news being generated by the major food companies, I don’t always pay close attention to the latest scary reports on obesity data. So when the annual report...
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Front of Package Labeling: An Exercise in Futility?
Food industry cartoons intended to preempt FDA (FactsUpFront.com) (The following is by Andy Bellatti, a Seattle-based dietitian, cross-posted from his Small Bites blog) The current issue of the Journal...
View ArticleNew Fact Sheets on Food Safety, Nutrition, and Food Stamps
In my work as a consultant for various organizations, I’ve had the pleasure to write the following fact sheets. Please share far and wide. You can learn more about my consulting services at...
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Why I Am Not Attending or Watching “Weight of the Nation”
The national hysteria over obesity has reached a crescendo this week, as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosts the conference, “Weight of the Nation” in Washington, DC. If you...
View ArticleMore Empty Recommendations on Junk Food Marketing to Children
Institute of Medicine Gives Big Food Another Deadline – or else! This week, the nation’s top public health experts gathered at a much-trumpeted obesity conference hosted by the U.S. Centers for Disease...
View ArticleUncle Sam and HBO Team up for Fat Shaming, Avoiding Politics
Last week, after I declared my refusal to watch the HBO series, “Weight of the Nation,” Marlene Schwartz, of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity (a group featured in the program) politely...
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