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How Many MeMe Roths Are There?
Of all the would-be dietary dictators, wannabe syrup-saboteur MeMe Roth is perhaps the most freely contemptuous and openly hateful toward those who would choose the simple pleasures of food and drink, whatever their weight. We, however, suspected she wasn’t alone in thinking America’s food consumers...
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Garbage In, Food Police Out
A new projection that 42 percent of Americans will be obese by 2030 is making news just in time for the nation’s food police to gather in the nation’s capital and collaborate on their Social Engineer’s Manifesto.
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Take Up the Thin Man’s Burden, Says Public Health Community
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), a group that advises the federal government on medical and public health issues, released a report today outlining its recommended strategies to reduce the obesity rate. And while it had nice things to say about increasing physical activity, the meat...
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Institute of Medicine’s New Obesity-Prevention Strategies Miss the Mark
Center for Consumer Freedom Refutes IOM Strategy to Reduce Consumer Choices
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Revenge of the Cupcake Cops
The glittering record of failure enjoyed by school treat bans hasn’t taken them off the food activist agenda. Massachusetts and the federal government will soon institute bans or partial bans on the bake sales at schools, while many school systems already languish under such regimes:...
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