Posted on 11/08/2014 8:54:53 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The federal committee charged with creating nutrition guidelines for Americans is calling for fat interventions at workplaces.
During a presentation at the sixth meeting of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) on Friday, the committee said government needs to take “bold action” to fight obesity.
The solutions included “comprehensive” obesity interventions in “health care, the community, public health facilities, and work sites.”
“The public should monitor body weight and engage with providers in evidence-based approaches aimed at achieving and maintaining healthy body weight,” the panel said in a presentation on “Food and Nutrient Intakes, and Health.”
The committee, which is responsible for creating new nutrition standards that are used to create policy at the federal level, has previously called for moving Americans to “plant-based” diets, and using text message interventions to get people to lose weight.
“Bold action is needed to confront the Nation’s obesity epidemic and its devastating metabolic consequences,” a slide said during the presentation on Friday. “Quality of care guidelines need to be revised to incentivize personalized lifestyle and nutrition interventions.”
The committee said it is “imperative” to create obesity interventions that would bring in “trained interventionists and professional nutrition service providers” for “delivery in multiple settings.”
The panel claimed that 65 percent of adult females and 70 percent of adult males are overweight or obese, and argued that “environmental strategies” are needed to fight obesity.
“Complement health care and public health initiatives with collaborative programming in agriculture, retail, educational, and social service settings lifestyle for long-term adoption of health nutrition and lifestyle behavior,” read one recommendation.
Dr. Barbara Millen, the chair of DGAC, said obesity interventions must be expanded beyond health care settings.
“It’s pretty clear in a public health model with focus on the individual as well as the populations that all of this cannot be accomplished in a health care setting,” she said. “It really will take a broad strategy across environments … not only traditional health care, community settings. And these can’t be a siloed approach but across sectors to be effective.”
Dr. Anna Maria Siega-Riz, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, agreed and called for more monitoring of children’s weight, and for mandatory doctors visits.
“I was pretty much stunned, though I’m quite well aware of the chronic health care outcomes for young adults and preadolescents,” she said. “The more we can do to call for really bold action among these groups in a meaningful way of trying to combat this.”
“Not just going with schools, but when we think about the health care system, there are very little check ups required for kids,” Siega-Riz said. “We can make a strong call for more monitoring and help for this population before they actually carry out these outcomes for the rest of their lives.”
The committee continued to push for American’s to consume less meat, and recommended the Mediterranean diet, which consists of eating primarily plant-based foods.
Siega-Riz’s presentation recommended “lower consumption of red meats, moderate intake of alcohol, [and] low intake of sugar-sweetened foods and drinks.”
“The U.S. population should consume dietary patterns that are: rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat dairy, fish/seafood, legumes, lean meat, and nuts,” a slide said.
The committee has been criticized for putting environmentalism over food science. Angela Tagtow, who was appointed to oversee DGAC this summer, has called for “social justice” in food policy and says she takes an “ecological” approach to nutrition.
OMG !
Some of them are SMOKING ! ! !
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Then what’s with the lieberal push for pot legalization ? They know it develops unabated snack attacks of very unhealthy food.
I guess they could push to legalize meth next, a natural weight loss drug.
A drugged society is an obedient controllable society.
The committee has been criticized for putting environmentalism over food science. Angela Tagtow, who was appointed to oversee DGAC this summer, has called for “social justice” in food policy and says she takes an “ecological” approach to nutrition.
I’d love to see some of these, but not NFL locker rooms. Their food is managed by a nutritionist and chef at the practice facility. They have someone looking at calorie intake, fat vs. carbs vs. protein all the time.
It might be more interesting when someone twice my weight criticizes my lentil soup and apple lunch because the soup has a little sausage in it (OH NO FAT) and I eat it with a baguette (NO WHOLE GRAIN BREAD).
Dang, why can’t people just mind their own business. Life is a pain living among busy body elitists with power. Liberals think they are superior to everyone else.
They name themselves and each other “smart” and everyone else they view as less than farm animals. It’s kinda Nazish spooky.
I bet there are more fat gov bureaucrats than regular population (by %)
Don’t forget the pro wrestling interventions. I doubt that they will fare well with either the good guys or the bad guys.
Can you imagine some pencilneck telling Brock Lesner he has to lose weight?
You must do your physical jerks.
Make the bureaucrats do it for lower pay, too. The price of oil is falling, after all.
yup...
It’s a good thing I have homemade cookie dough in the fridge waiting to be baked.. while reading threads like this.
Fat shaming is okay but sodomite shaming is not and their sins should be celebrated.
Got it, Feds...
“Well, folks, they got tired of harassing the smokers.”
Yep, the foundation has been built and it was a successful war on Tobacco with much fanfare from some FReepers.
I was outside enjoying a smoke the other day and some lady got all huffy and yelled at me for not being in the exact smoking area about 5 steps away. I told many folks that in 10 years petty morons like will feel empowered to walk up to fat people at McDonalds and slap hamburgers out of their hands....I guess I was being very optimistic with my prediction. It will likely happen much sooner.
Welcome to our “Brave New World.”
That is lost productivity. I have had jobs where we would fo calisthenics before starting the job. They physical jobs though and it was a good idea too stretch so you would not cramp up during the work day. Not 30 minutes worth. Most employers are not going to pay you overtime for exercise, if you are already working 40 hours a week.
If someone did that to me my fist would be in their face. I wish the dodos who keep voting democrat would get a clue. It is about control, not caring. When someone I care about is doing something that is not good for them I tell them my point of view on their bad habits not control there every move. Why are people so stupid!!!!!
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