Federal Government Fights Obesity, Pushes Cheese

Posted: November 7, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Special Interest Groups, USDA | Leave a comment »

http://volokh.com/2010/11/06/federal-government-fights-obesity-pushes-cheese/

United States Department of Agriculture, Domino’s Pizza and Anti-Obesity

Posted: November 6, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Lobbying, USDA | Leave a comment »

Dairy Management, which has made cheese its cause, is not a private business consultant. It is a marketing creation of the United States Department of Agriculture — the same agency at the center of a federal anti-obesity drive that discourages over-consumption of some of the very foods Dairy Management is vigorously promoting.

http://jeffreymiron.com/2010/11/one-more-reason-to-avoid-dominos-pizza/

USDA

Posted: March 30, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Consumer Safety, Unintended Consequences, USDA | Leave a comment »

“In the mid-1990s, the USDA decided to require that all cereals and grains be fortified with folic acid in an effort to prevent spina bifida and anencephaly. Then a few years ago, the National Center for Health Statistics published a study showing the levels of folic acid in the population were far above the levels needed to prevent birth defects (though the instances of those two birth defects didn’t actually decline). Now a new study demonstrates that folates in overabundance could actually lead to a higher likelihood of asthma.”

http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/the-nanny-state/

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