Re: Are we protected from Junk Food Corporations?

From: Jeff (kidsdoc2000_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:45:05 -0400

"DonQuijote1954" <nolionnoproblem@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e4a3f58.0408300849.253a965@posting.google.com...
> "David vs. Goliath"

> The government's entire budget on nutrition education is estimated at
> just a fifth of the advertising budget for Altoids mints, says Marion
> Nestle, a New York University professor and author of the soon-to-be
> released Food Politics: How the Food Industry Manipulates What We Eat
> to the Detriment of Our Health.

It sounds like the problem is not the amount of money the food makers spend,
but the amount of money spent on education.

Jeff

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