Radhakrishnan, Bharathi (author / ABC News Medical Unit)
Format:
News article
Publication Date:
2006-06-14
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24247
Notes:
Retrieved June 16, 2006, Via ABC News. 2 pages., A lawsuit by the Center for Science in the Public Interest against KFC for fat levels in fried chicken raises questions about limitations on what Americans eat and about appropriateness of "press conference" law suits meant to attract media attention. Cites results of a nonscientific survey on ABCNEWS.com.
Via Lexis-Nexis. 2 pages., Describes the government's new food guide system, MyPyramid. "The site was so overwhelmed with users yesterday - an estimated 5.4 million per hour, according to the USDA - that many people were unable to access it."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23214
Notes:
Associate Press Online via Lexis-Nexis. 2 pages., Report on the new food pyramid introduced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Internet users have visited the site an estimated 670 million times in the past three months."
2 pages., Author says consumers have embraced functional foods (nutrigenomics), yet "most consumers are in the dark as to what they're buying." Urges more nutrition research and education.
