Americans told 'Eat Less' to Live Longer

Witness History

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🗓️ 10 May 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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In 1977 a US government body first warned Americans that the food they were eating represented as great a threat to their health as smoking. A Senate Select Committee investigating the links between diet and killer diseases, such as Diabetes and Stroke, reported back that Americans should cut back on red meat, eggs,whole milk and refined sugar. Claire Bowes has been speaking to Nick Mottern whose idea it was to launch a set of 6 dietary goals for the United States.

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1:10.4	who were there I'm Claire Bose and today I'm taking you back to
1:14.5	1977 when the US government first told Americans they needed to eat less to live
1:21.5	longer. A Senate report said that the American Diet represented as
1:25.8	greater threat to public health as smoking. I've been speaking to the man whose
1:30.8	idea it was to launch a set of dietary goals for the United States.
1:35.6	Yeah, I love hamburgers and I have five kids and we were following you know the classical American diet in the 1970s the classic
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