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Farm Bill 2008: Childhood Obesity, Health Disparities, and Federal Nutrition Policy
Childhood Obesity, Health Disparities, and Federal Nutrition Policy Neal D. Barnard, M.D. Childhood obesity and the adult diseases with which it is associated are major threats to Americans. Overweight and obesity now affect the majority of the U.S. population, increasing the risk of diabetes, hypertension, and h |
Agricultural Subsidies' Impact on Health Emphasized in New Institute of Medicine Report
Federal agricultural subsidies impact public health. That’s according to a report the Institute of Medicine Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health released this week. The report states that federal agriculture subsidies are enacted mainly with agricultural, economic, and trade objectives in mind, |
Agriculture and Health Policies in Conflict: How Subsidies Tax our Health: Agricultural Policies Versus Health Policies
Agricultural Policies Versus Health Policies One way to evaluate how agricultural support programs affect consumption and thus health is to evaluate their impact on price and food availability. However, the relationship between federal subsidies and retail prices of commodity products is complex, in part |
Cutting Costs and Improving Health: Eliminate Subsidies for Unhealthful Products
Cutting Costs and Improving Health: Federal Food Policy Reforms Could Save Billions A Report from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine July 28, 2011 1. Eliminate Subsidies for Unhealthful Products An overwhelming body of scientific evidence shows that plant-based foods support good health.1,2 The Diet |
Eating for the Health of You and the Earth
April 22, 2013, marks the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day and we can make positive changes by considering how our dietary choices impact the planet. Diet is an important tool for health and to achieve environmental sustainability. Our current food policies and dietary habits have put us on a path towards an environmental |
Agriculture and Health Policies in Conflict: How Subsidies Tax our Health: Government Support for Unhealthful Foods
Government Support for Unhealthful Foods Agricultural Subsidy Programs The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supports agricultural producers through a variety of programs29 that tend to favor, either directly or indirectly, the production of unhealthful foods. These are the same foods that are implica |
Farm Bill Should Encourage Healthier Diets
By Caroline Trapp, M.S.N., C.D.E. This opinion piece was printed in the Detroit News on June 1, 2011 The term “specialty crop” sounds like it might refer to starfruit, pumello, or another exotic fruit that looks alien next to the more mainstream grocery store produce offerings. You wouldn’t think |
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Increased Calcium Intake Does Not Reduce Bone Fractures or Osteoporosis 5/27/2011 A new study published in the British Medical Journal1 found that people who consumed the highest amounts of calcium did not have a reduction in bone fractures or osteoporosis. In fact, those who consumed the most calcium (more t |
The President’s Other Battleground: The School Lunch Line
By Neal D. Barnard, M.D. This commentary was published in a slightly edited form in the Sacramento Bee on Sept. 27, 2002. President Bush announced new attack plans against what is perhaps the fiercest enemy this nation has ever encountered, while others within his own a |
Animal Care and Use Committees: Structural Problems Impair Usefulness
Animal Care and Use Committees: Structural Problems Impair Usefulness Introduction The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) requires that institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs) be established at research facilities that use animals covered under the Act. The Public Health Service and the Interagency Research |
Put Agricultural Subsidies on a Diet
Last week, just days after the marriage of his son, Prince Charles was in Washington, D.C., delivering an important warning against destructive agricultural policies. The Prince’s speech echoed that PCRM and others have voiced for years. A recent article in theNew York Timesshowed that Capitol Hill is finally r |
Taxing America’s Health: Subsidies for Meat and Dairy Products
As Americans filed their taxes in April, PCRM launched a new campaign against the government’s spending of billions of those taxpayer dollars on subsidies that support the production of unhealthy meat and dairy products. The campaign was launched in conjunction with the release of a new PCRM report that expo |
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A Proposal for Improved Healthfulness in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Many Americans are in less than optimal health. Approximately two-thirds are overweight, half of whom are obese. Diabetes prevalence continues to climb with 25.8 million Americans suffering from the disease and an estimated 79 million more with prediabetes (CDC Diabetes 2011). Economically disadvantaged people are at |
New Mad Cow Case Raises Food Safety Questions
By Aysha Akhtar, M.D., M.P.H. March 2006 This opinion piece was published in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Should we be scared? Are Americans right to be worried by the news that a cow in Alabama has become the nation’s third confirmed case of mad cow disease, or Bovine Spongiform |
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