Back in November, the New York Times published an article highlighting the gross contradiction between the U.S. government’s recommendations for proper nutrition (don’t eat too much saturated fat, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables) and its promotion of high-fat cheese. In response to the NYT article, K.M. Venkat Narayan and I wrote an opinion piece pointing out how this system is contributing to a growing obesity epidemic throughout the country – and what we can do to stop it. Our opinion piece was published today in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta’s major newspaper), and you can read it here.
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Hi Karen
Great article, we have a similar situation in the EU where one arm provides funds to support the marketing & disposal of subsidised dairy produce back into the food chain, whilst another promotes reduced saturated fat consumption by consumers to improve health. We need to develop a new solution for the disposal of saturated fat and other by-products from the dairy industry – perhaps convertion to biofuels!
Look forward to more stiumulating blog posts – you should flag these on twitter.
Cheers
Modi
It’s an oxymoronic paradox they promote the concept of eating healthy and subsidize the bad food to keep it cheap.