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| 11/20/09 |
A Not-So-Sweet Marketing Gimmick
Phil Lempert, self-described supermarket “guru,” has a new video touting, among other things, the fact that Necco Wafers are made without high fructose corn syrup:
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| 11/19/09 |
A Godzilla of Corny Hype
It never takes much for the food scolds at Center for Science in the Public Interest to rev-up one of their stale diet-nanny crusades. Today, CSPI is breathlessly telling media outlets about its shocking, shocking...
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| 11/18/09 |
Toss Out the Myths With the Embalming Fluid
Activists like journalism professor Michael Pollan are quick to blame foods in our “Western diet” for a smorgasbord of problems -- heart disease being the most recent one. But a new investigation stuffs this foodie...
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| 10/27/09 |
Crushing Beverage Tax Proposals
Today, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution features us in a pro-con debate about whether health policy should include a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. The “pro” side is represented by an Emory University professor who argues that not only...
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| 10/16/09 |
Another Big Sham in the Big Apple
With all their public awareness campaigns, you’d think the anti-fat warriors in New York City’s government could keep their so-called “good” and “bad” foods straight. But as the New York Post reported on Tuesday, the...
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| 10/13/09 |
Food Cops’ Obesity Message is Off-Key
Ever wonder why more people don’t take the stairs—especially when so many people are trying to lose weight? An enterprising group in Sweden (an initiative of Volkswagon) had a theory that if activity is more...
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| 10/12/09 |
Doubling Down on L.A. Zoning Bans
We told you last week about a study from the California-based RAND Corporation which found that the fast food zoning ban in South Los Angeles was based on questionable premises. The July 2008 ban, which prohibited...
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| 10/7/09 |
Would You Take Dietary Advice From This Man? (Part Deux)
“Twinkie tax” creator Kelly Brownell has been on a years-long crusade against the dietary decisions of other Americans. Yesterday, he and fellow doom merchant David Ludwig wrote in the Los Angeles Times in favor of a soda tax, repeating the usual...
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| 10/5/09 |
Super Sized Swindle
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Morgan Spurlock, the director and star of the 2004 “schlock-u-mentary” Super Size Me who was last seen giving a profanity-laced speech to high school students. Spurlock’s claim to fame is filming himself gorging...
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| 9/23/09 |
Hizzoner’s Nanny Culture, With a Grain of Salt
The New York Times reports today that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been caught “salt-handed.” Despite targeting sodium in his latest nanny-state crusade, the mayor privately enjoys pouring it on by the shaker-load:
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| 8/14/09 |
Quote of the Week
The Los Angeles Times took aim at the “food police” this week, specifically at the deceptively-named Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine’s lawsuit against hot dog makers and the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s...
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| 6/29/09 |
Kids’ Health Can Be Saved By The Recess Bell
The newest figures from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicate that fully one-third of schools don’t offer physical education or recess options to all students. You know what that means: More kids are at...
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| 6/2/09 |
‘You Can’t Get Buff If You’re On Your Duff’
We were tickled by the opening sentences of this editorial in the Albany Times Union: “Government can slap taxes on soda and ban sugary snacks in schools, but those alone won't make children healthy and...
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| 5/26/09 |
MeMe Roth's Food-Hating Stunt of the Week
It’s almost hard to believe that anti-obesity zealot MeMe Roth consented to this profile in the Sunday Guardian. After all, this isn’t the first time Roth came across to her interviewer as a joyless food nut...
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| 5/18/09 |
CDC Nominee Faces Consumer Backlash
Thomas Frieden, President Obama’s pick to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a lightning rod for controversy. In the days since his nomination was announced, major media outlets have reported on...
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| 4/7/09 |
When Food Warriors Jump the Gun
“You might think that experience would inspire caution among public health officials,” writes John Tierney in The New York Times today, “but instead they seem to be gaining more confidence.” Considering New York Governor David...
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| 4/6/09 |
Two More (Freedom-Killing) Anti-Obesity Bills for New Yorkers
Many media professionals know that the end of the workweek is the best time to announce news that you don’t want widely publicized. So it seems hardly coincidental that New York Governor David Paterson chose...
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| 3/4/09 |
Let the Kids Get Out and Play
You probably had no idea, but it’s National Recess Week. Sad but true: It seems Americans need to be reminded that healthy children need routine playtime. And the stigmatization of certain parts of our diets...
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| 1/30/09 |
HFCS Mercury Follies (Or, "Don't Drink the Water")
Pop quiz time! Which "Devil’s candy" has been lambasted for being too affordable, making children fat, and turning male frogs into hermaphrodites? (Hint: It was famously dubbed "the crack of sweeteners" by a Florida state...
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| 10/31/08 |
Don't Get Tricked When You Hand Out Treats
As children across the nation tweak their Trick-or-Treating costumes, and politicos argue over which rob-from-the-rich / give-to-the-poor candidate should dress as Robin Hood this year, America's food police are wringing their hands with glee and...
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