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Menu Fight Over Calories Leads Doctor to Reject Post
The New York Times ^ | March 4, 2008 | STEPHANIE SAUL

Posted on 03/04/2008 8:09:47 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084

A dispute over food industry influence has resulted in the resignation of the incoming president of the Obesity Society.

Dr. David B. Allison, who was to take over the society, a national group of obesity doctors and researchers later this year, submitted his resignation from that position on Friday.

Dr. Allison drew criticism from some members after he wrote an affidavit as a paid consultant on behalf of the restaurant industry, which is trying to block new rules in New York City that at the end of March will require fast-food and other restaurant chains to list the calories of menu items.

In an e-mail statement distributed to members of the organization last Friday, Dr. Allison apologized and said he would not serve as president partly because he was worried that he could not be effective in that role because of the affidavit.

“I truly regret and apologize for the distress it has caused the society,” his e-mail statement said.

Dr. Allison’s affidavit was filed in January in Federal District Court in Manhattan with a lawsuit filed by the New York State Restaurant Association against New York City. The affidavit said that providing calorie information could possibly have deleterious effects on obesity.

Because the position of Dr. Allison ran counter to the conventional thinking in his field, some critics contended that it illustrated the way industry money influences scientific and medical debate.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: conspiracy; foodfight; freepun; nannystate; racketeering; rico
Much like the Global Warming gravy train, "health groups" are on the Government grant money gravy train.

Their is no room for dissent. Where else can egghead research scientists go to make obscene amounts of money. They have to tow the party line...or this is what happens.

1 posted on 03/04/2008 8:09:48 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084
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2 posted on 03/04/2008 8:11:39 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

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3 posted on 03/04/2008 8:12:34 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

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4 posted on 03/04/2008 8:34:20 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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5 posted on 03/04/2008 8:49:30 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084
"the Obesity Society"

There's a group I am qualified to lead!

6 posted on 03/04/2008 8:50:22 PM PST by iowamark
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To: iowamark
Good one. Unfortunately, this is not a fan club or a fantasy league that picks competitive eaters in the Nathans Hot Dog Eating contest. It's a new racket for grant junkies and liberal activists to control you:

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7 posted on 03/04/2008 9:00:24 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084
I believe that they are part of Ralph Nader's misguided myrmidons, here's a link to the whole cesspool: Discover the Networks - Public Citizen ^ [Will open in a new window, Java based]
8 posted on 03/04/2008 9:28:15 PM PST by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: brityank

Scary stuff. Thanks for the link. Before anybody else clicks on it, let me summarize it for you...

Our tax dollars = Big Gubmint grant money = Control = Socialism


9 posted on 03/04/2008 9:35:13 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: iowamark

Dr. Barry M. Popkin, director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Obesity at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said he believed Dr. Allison had resigned for the good of the organization.

PS: This was my favorite line. Director. Interdisciplanary.

We're all going to Hell in a hand basket. I just came back from a 2 hour Tae Kwon Do workout. Probably burned 2,000 calories. I'm 5'10" 165. You know what...I'd rather gain 100 pounds and die of diabetes tomorrow than live under this guys rule.

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10 posted on 03/04/2008 9:44:31 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: brityank
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11 posted on 03/04/2008 9:45:11 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

I’m 6’2” and 165 soaking wet. If they don’t stop taking fat out of foods I’m going to disappear in the next big gust of wind. Fie on the nanny state!


12 posted on 03/04/2008 10:26:58 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: TigersEye

I was so skinny growing up, I used to spend my allowance and the money I made working at Burger King on Weider weight gainer shakes at the GNC.

Where were these losers in Obesity control when I needed them 20 years ago? I would have paid good money for some lard to put on my bones.


13 posted on 03/04/2008 11:14:20 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084
Our tax dollars = Big Gubmint grant money = Control = Socialism = Republicans or Democrats !!

Fixed it for ya.       ;^)

14 posted on 03/04/2008 11:46:43 PM PST by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

So the ‘Obesity Society’ caught him telling the truth and kicked him out?
He apparently didn’t goose-step the walk.
These groups all need to goose-step in unison or they won’t win the parade prize....funding.


15 posted on 03/05/2008 4:13:56 AM PST by libertarian27 (Land of the Fee, Home of the Shamed)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

Thank you.

I’m always wary of the ulterior motives of someone who wants to do something “for my own good”.


16 posted on 03/05/2008 10:38:03 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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To: brityank

Weren’t they the same imbeciles who called Fettucine Alfredo “Heart Attack On A Plate”?

Almost makes me wanna go to Calabria’s or Tambellini’s for dinner tonight......


17 posted on 03/05/2008 10:40:14 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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To: libertarian27

Don’t forget, Hitler was a vegetarian and a virulent non-smoker.....


18 posted on 03/05/2008 10:44:11 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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To: Emperor Palpatine

Hence another step towards Social Hitlerism or Soft Nazism.

Hitler, what a guy!

Next step, euthanasia for smokers? No medical care if you are one. Already being done in UK and Australia, IIRC.

And no food for fatties! They don’t need anymore.
Implanted chips could easily monitor your intake and inform the authorities when you exceed your daily Bloomberg specified calorie count.

Ain’t the future swell?


19 posted on 03/06/2008 10:31:04 AM PST by swarthyguy (Osama Freedom Day: 2500 or so since September 11 2001!)
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