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By: Farm Bill, GMOS, big corporations, cooking magazine for children and more from the week-end readings | Salubrious Seeds

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:56:52 +0000

[...] these risks, approximately 46.6 million U.S. adults smoke cigarettes.” Hence the question from Michele Simon, a feverish public health lawyer and advocate, as to When Will FDA Stand Up to Big [...]

By: Addressing Alleged “Inaccuracies” of the ‘And Now a Word from Our Sponsors’ Report | Eat Drink Politics

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:09:11 +0000

[...] a word about funding. My work is funded by a various people and as I explain on my website, for various reasons some funders prefer not to be named. For AND to point to this is just another [...]

By: And Now a Word from Our Sponsors: New Report from Eat Drink Politics | Eat Drink Politics

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:26:06 +0000

[...] health attorney and author Michele Simon asks: Are America’s nutrition professionals in the pocket of Big Food? While the Academy of [...]

By: Addressing Alleged “Inaccuracies” of the ‘And Now a Word from Our Sponsors’ Report | Appetite for Profit

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:25:56 +0000

By: This nutrition education session brought to you by … Coca-Cola « The Conscientious Omnivore

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:03:54 +0000

[...] and advocate Anna Lappé had a great post at Grist last week. In it, she featured Michele Simon‘s recent report, And Now a Word from Our Sponsors: Are America’s Nutrition [...]

By: The Connection Between Big Food / Big Pharma and Nutrition Policy | skjaldmarr's valley

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:14:28 +0000

[...] Michele Simon, president of Eat, Drink, Politics, a watchdog organization, has produced a useful 50-page report titled, And Now a Word from Our Sponsors: Are America’s Nutrition Professionals in the Pocket of Big Food? This is from her executive summary: Against this backdrop, we must ask: what is the role of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)—the nation’s largest association of nutrition professionals—in preventing or at least stemming the tide of diet-related health problems? What responsibility does this influential group of registered dietitians bear to be a leading advocate for policy changes to make eating healthfully more accessible? Does forming partnerships with the food industry compromise such a group’s credibility? And what does the food industry gain from such partnerships? Why does it matter? As this report will show, the food industry’s deep infiltration of the nation’s top nutrition organization raises serious questions not only about that profession’s credibility, but also about its policy positions. Read More… Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this. This entry was posted in Big pharma, Conspiracy, Food, Health, junk food and tagged Big Pharma, health, junk food. Bookmark the permalink. ← A $14 Trillion Extortion for a Global Warming Scam [...]

By: Karen De Coster ~ The Connection Between Big Food / Big Pharma and Nutrition Policy « Spartan of Truth

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:47:49 +0000

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The Connection Between Big Food / Big Pharma and Nutrition Policy — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:21:59 +0000

[...] Dietetic Association recently changed its name to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).Michele Simon, president of Eat, Drink, Politics, a watchdog organization, has produced a useful 50-page report [...]

By: The Connection Between the Diet Aristocracy and Big Food / Big Pharma « Set You Free News

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:00:48 +0000

By: New Study: Big Food’s Ties to Registered Dieticians

New Study: Big Food’s Ties to Registered Dieticians — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:18:55 +0000

[...] January 29, 2013 Michele Simon, president of Eat, Drink, Politics, an industry watchdog consulting group, has just published an exposé of the close financial [...]