When You Lie Down With Dogs…
…You get up with fleas. It’s an old, old saying, but there’s truth to it. Earlier today, I was exchanging e-mails with a friend, Will Brink. He drew my attention to a recent study published in JANA – the Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association. While scanning the list of papers, I came across one that made me do a double-take… Inhibitory Effects of a Novel Nutrient Mixture on MMP Secretion...
Physicians Have Less Respect for Overweight Patients
This Johns Hopkins study confirms some anecdotes I’ve heard/read. October 22, 2009-Doctors have less respect for their obese patients than they do for patients of normal weight, a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The findings raise questions about whether negative physician attitudes about obesity could be affecting the long-term health of their heavier patients. Mary Margaret Huizinga, M.D., M.P.H., an assistant...
Dumb Choices II
According to Reuters, the “Smart Choices” labeling program has “voluntarily” postponed “active operations” – pending an investigation by the FDA. Some companies, like Kraft, intend to continue using the system on existing products, but will not expand its use. Kellogg, however, intends to phase it out completely. It’s funny what a little public scrutiny can accomplish, isn’t it?...
Andrew Malcolm is Losing It
And it’s not a pretty sight. I think his article in the LA Times, on the recent White House “Healthy Kids Fair,” was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, but it failed… both as humor and reporting. The problem? Malcolm evidently couldn’t decide who he has more contempt for… Michelle Obama for using her position to promote healthy living, or overweight/obese Americans, whose “…flabby thighs...
New School Lunch Recommendations From the IOM
An Institute of Medicine (IOM) panel has proposed a new set of guidelines for the National School Lunch Program… and they’re long overdue. According to the LA Times: Children would get fewer French fries and more dark green vegetables in school cafeterias under recommendations being issued today by an Institute of Medicine panel. In addition, for the first time in the National School Lunch Program, the committee called...
Connecticut AG to Scrutinize “Smart Choices” Program
Remember this? Looks like the so-called “Smart Choices” labelling system is drawing critics with teeth. Raising the stakes in the battle over nutritional claims for packaged foods, the Connecticut attorney general said on Wednesday that he was investigating a national labeling campaign that promotes products like Froot Loops and mayonnaise as nutritionally smart choices. In letters to Kellogg’s, General Mills and PepsiCo,...
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