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POLITICS OF NUTRITION
Lecture 9- 26 January 2016
International
-26/01/16
Canadian
- 26/01/16
Provincial/Local - 29/01/16
International
USA
In last 10 years food industry gave over $ 41 M
(US) to campaign coffers of members of the
House of Representatives and Senate
Meat and poultry
-over $ 9 M (US)
National restaurant association
-over $ 3.1 M (US)
National Cattleman’s beef associationover $ 1.4 M (US)
McDonald’s
close to $ 1.7 M (US)
Food pyramid controversy –congress
pressured into giving milk and dairy equal
billing with other foods - ultimately the
Physicians’ committee for responsible
medicine idea of food groups based entirely
on plants was defeated
Sugar growers- lobby- added sugar in canned
peas and peaches, vegetable and fruits
when food guidelines on sugar proposed it was
supposed to minimise sugar intake (obesity
concerns)Sugar industry backed members of the House of
Representatives and Senate –guidelines
changed and canned peas and peaches,
vegetable and fruits allowed to have added
sugar
Why?
Health outcome of this defeat?
USDA Bailouts
Buy various meats and dairy products to
support sagging prices
Also buy fish products to give to school
lunch programmes-kids did not like fish so they
ordered fish nuggetised
Now kids love the fish- but consequences?
When it was suggested that soy be
incorporated into school lunch programmes
USDA balked- Why?
Solution ? - eliminate bailouts and allow food
production to accurately reflect market demand
Another solution-Health sensitive advertising
-eliminate – tax deduction for
losses by industry
So why are fruits and vegetables not getting fair
play?
-economic balance- what does
this mean ?
Olestra:
Many fatty acids attached to a sucrose
backbone-indigestible
What is a fatty acid?
What is sucrose?
Why developed?
Health impact -cramping
-diarrhea
-fat soluble vitamins-down in
blood
-lycopene-down in blood
Must have warning
"This product contains olestra. Olestra may cause
abdominal cramping and loose stools. Olestra
inhibits the absorption of some vitamins and other
nutrients. Vitamins A, D, E and K have been
added."
Why Olestra approved?
P&G wrote to dozens of scientists, asking that they
each write letters to the FDA on its behalf during
an extended period for public comments. Of the 26
scientists who complied, some had been consultants
to P&G; others had been a part of the FDA Food
Advisory Committee.
-Irish Potato famine of 1840s
-Sudan-civil war- stealing of cattle and difficult to
plant crops-why?
-during a famine-adults-scrounge from
ground
-children-cannot scrounge
from the ground
-why the difference?
-NGO’s and UN programmes- concept of politics
versus politics
Bosnia-ethnic purging
Afghanistan-political history and its nutritional
consequences
Korea- starvation in 1998- South Korea and US
failed to help
Iraq- UN (read US) sanctions-political goalbring down Hussein- who is really being
brought down
Ethiopia-beans to Europe- nutrition gained can
be nutrition lost at the expense of political
forces
Peru- combat poverty and improve income
distribution
Vitamin C- Linus Pauling story-politics of a
different story