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  I said I was taking this week off, but this item is too good not to share (thanks to Bill Nesheim for sending). Abstract Objective To determine the health benefits and harms of various ingredients in ...

• The Supreme Court weighs in on animal rights - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

  To the surprise of everyone as far as I can tell, the Supreme Court has upheld California’s ban on pork from states that allow pork producers to confine pregnant sows in gestation crates. California, ...

• Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: conflict of interest disclosed, sort of - Food Politics by

  In a strange partnership, the Nutrition Coalition and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) are jointly complaining about the way the USDA and HHS have “disclosed” conflicts of interest...

• American Heart Association weighs in on healthy diet plans - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

  A committee of the American Heart Association has just published a position paper looking at how well popular weight-loss and other diets meet AHA standards.  The standards are worth a look. When rank...

• Industry-funded study of the week: cereals! - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

  Thanks to reader Maira Bes-Rastrollo at the University of Navarra in Spain (and whose work I greatly admire) for this one. The Relationship of Ready-to-eat Cereal Intake and Body Weight in Adults: A S...

• Weekend reading: front-of-pack labels - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

  Center for Science in the Public Interest is campaigning for mandatory front-of-package labeling—like these. Here’s what you need to know about the campaign: Comment from CSPI responding, point-by-poi...