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More Popular Seafood Targeted By Activists

Following on the heels of the fact-less "Give Swordfish A Break" media campaign, some activists are now trying to get the public to stop eating tuna, shrimp, salmon, pollock and more. These anti-choice activists are producing "information" guides they hope will alter consumer-eating habits to align with their political agenda.
PostedMarch 7, 2000 at12:00 am

Activists Chefs Hop On Anti-GE Foods Bandwagon

Although the science behind widely available genetically engineered (GE) foods indisputably supports their safety and benefit, several chefs, some of whom are members of the organic activist group Chef’s Collaborative…
PostedMarch 7, 2000 at12:00 am

Scots Perpetuate Myth

"McDonald's burgers, Taco Bell tacos, super-size French fries, foot-long hot dogs and ice-cream sodas… As portions and choice have grown bigger and more mind-boggling, so too have Americans' waistlines and backsides," reports the Scotsman. The Scotsman's broadside on restaurants shows how far and how fast the claims "linking" restaurants to the so-called obesity epidemic have spread.
PostedMarch 7, 2000 at12:00 am

Vegetarians Seek USDA Approval

The anti-meat, anti-dairy nannies from U.S. Humane Society and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have joined together for a final push to change the USDA food pyramid. They want the "dairy group" name changed to "dairy and soy milk group" and they want the USDA dietary guidelines to "explicitly" promote vegan and vegetarian eating habits.
PostedMarch 6, 2000 at12:00 am

Who Says You’re Too Fat?

A new study in the March issue of American Journal of Public Health challenges some of the scarier rhetoric put forth by nannies promoting the so-called obesity epidemic. According to the researchers, people with body mass indexes between 25 and 29, who the nannies have described as dangerously overweight, are at no greater risk for early mortality. In fact, they report such people may suffer needlessly from stigmatization.
PostedMarch 3, 2000 at12:00 am

Demands For New Fat Taxes Grow Louder

Seizing upon recent headlines declaring an obesity "epidemic," the Worldwatch Institute issued a plan on how to modify American eating patterns. The plan is, in their own words "modeled on the successful campaign to discourage smoking." The report joins Kelly Brownell of Yale University and others in calling for new taxes on fast foods, warning labels for "high fat" and "high sodium" packages foods and more regulation of food advertising."
PostedMarch 3, 2000 at12:00 am

USDA Hands Organic Food Activists A Marketing Bonanza!

The anti-choice organic lobby will score a significant victory this week when the US Department of Agriculture releases their proposal for the nation’s first official definition of “organic.” In…
PostedMarch 3, 2000 at12:00 am

Confused Nannies Delude Themselves

The New York Post plugs the nannies at Chef's Collaborative 2000 and their effort to eliminate GE foods from restaurants. Spokesmen for the group say they help educate fellow chefs and the public in choosing "good, clean food," i.e. organic food. The group continues to ignore research findings that prove organic food can be more dangerous to eat than conventionally grown food.
PostedMarch 2, 2000 at12:00 am

Tarnishing The Organic Halo

The Columbus Dispatch questions nannies' baseless claims about the benefits of organic foods, pointing out that even the head of the Organic Trade Association recently had to admit that organic foods "are not safer or more nutritious than other foods."
PostedMarch 2, 2000 at12:00 am

The Campaign Continues

The nannies' campaign to link obesity to restaurant portion sizes gets another plug (the fifth one this week), this time in the Providence Journal-Bulletin. "Some of the extra calories we're taking in probably come from eating out," writes reporter Linda Sevelia. Why? "Portions of many popular restaurant items have grown many-fold."
PostedMarch 1, 2000 at12:00 am