Michael Jacobson
Michael Jacobson
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The USDA is trying to do nutrition education on the cheap.
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The agency has had so much turnover in the top spot, and turmoil throughout, that it could have benefited from a period of steady leadership.
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Switching to butter, palm oil, anything else would be an improvement.
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would help Americans reduce their risk of heart disease.
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We used to file all sorts of complaints with the government. Sometimes we'd get a response, but usually nothing happened. Now, when we have told companies that we're going to sue them, they show up in our offices the next week.
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We pretty much ignore them. They are so over the top that I think they come off as just a public relations hatchet man for the restaurant and food processing industry.
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Parents do bear the primary responsibility to ensure their kids eat a healthy diet. But the food industry is making their jobs nearly impossible. The industry needs to accept its fair share of the responsibility.
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Our goal is to get it out of the food supply. There are healthier alternatives.
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Back then, saccharin was the only artificial sweetener available. Some people really wanted it, and industry certainly wanted to continue making Tab. So saccharin was let off the hook.
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Denmark has in effect banned partially hydrogenated oil; Canada is considering it. The United States ought to do the same.
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A far better step would be to provide calorie counts right on the menu board, so consumers would have that one critical piece of information before they placed their order.
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This information on the package is useful, but it doesn't offer people an opportunity to compare products, ... Having it on the menu board would spur a lot of people to switch to a smaller order of fries, a diet soda, or a regular hamburger instead of a cheeseburger, for instance.
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I think the attitude in the U.S. is changing. A lot of policy makers are opening up to that sort of thinking, ... But there's not a lot of money for programs like that, and the Canadian system is much smaller than ours.
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My Pyramid for Kids doesn't dare to discourage children from consuming so much soda, fast food, candy, and other junk foods.