tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877660600965925295.post5102321782609284660..comments2023-09-28T07:11:38.098-07:00Comments on DrPHealth: Dietary modification to improve the public's health. New news to chew on.DrPHealthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205539218855076544noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877660600965925295.post-2403537339137446162012-06-14T17:02:31.341-07:002012-06-14T17:02:31.341-07:00Marion Nestle's blog www.foodpolitics.com has ...Marion Nestle's blog www.foodpolitics.com has some good posts on this issue (and many other food issues). Nestle -- pronounced ness-sill -- is a nutrition prof at NYU, with a background in food guide development with the USDA. She is the author of a number of nutrition and food safety books, and a regular media contributor. Highly recommended for passionate foodies and farmies.Keep An Open Mind, But Don't Let Your Brains Fall Out!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17324598570190007864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877660600965925295.post-88909874567604652352012-06-14T16:56:09.247-07:002012-06-14T16:56:09.247-07:00Mayor Bloomberg has been the brunt of many jokes a...Mayor Bloomberg has been the brunt of many jokes and jibes due to his planned "ban" of oversized beverages in service establishments. However, obesity must be tackled. In the public health context of food and activity, it seems we are damned if we try to intervene, and damned if we don't try. <br /><br />Don't take away our freedom to eat what we want, don't raise the price on gas, don't raise taxes for public transport and bike lanes. <br /><br />But why are you letting industry put trans fats and so much sugar in our foods? Why aren't school foods more nutritious? Why can't my obese child be in a comprehensive treatment program? Why is the parkade more than 1 block away from shopping?<br /><br />One definition of insanity is to expect a different result despite doing the same thing.<br /><br />Kudos to New York for consistently being the first goose in the V - taking on the bulk of public resistance and drafting the rest of policy makers behing them.Keep An Open Mind, But Don't Let Your Brains Fall Out!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17324598570190007864noreply@blogger.com