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[handmade34]

they control too much...
"Sorry Mrs. O, but jumping jacks aren’t enough" (I support our First Lady 100%+ but corporation are powerful)

http://www.grist.org/food/2011-12-15-sorry-mrs-o-but-jumping-jacks-arent-enough

"Willie Nelson wants you to occupy Big Food"

http://www.grist.org/list/2011-12-19-willie-nelson-wants-you-to-occupy-big-food




"Food giants fight proposed nutrition guidelines"

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/11/MNRV1MAK70.DTL

"Is The Food Industry Killing Us?"

http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2006/08/24/1722828.htm
"...Unhealthy foods are still marketed at adults and particularly children. Labelling doesn't help because most people don't understand what the labels mean. The exercise programs run by the food companies are window dressing, and no have no effect. Fresh nutritional food is getting more expensive relative to manufactured foods. We're eating more and more manufactured food.

And we're continuing to put on weight - between 0.5 to 2 kg/year per person, say the MJA authors...Just to burn off this extra amount we'd need to walk briskly for 80 to 90 minutes daily, or alternatively cut out sugar drinks and keep out fat in our diet to below 20 per cent of total intake (this is lower than the usually recommend minimum of 30 per cent)...There's no way as a population we'd voluntarily be capable of this, say the authors.

Education programs and advice from doctors isn't enough. Food industry self-regulation isn't working either, and won't work, because it's against the food companies' interests. It can only ever be a token measure. At the end of the day, companies' responsibilities are to their shareholders, not to the health of the populace. Profits take precedence..."

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