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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

Health & Fitness, News, Society & Culture

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Like Big Tobacco and Big Ag before, the megalithic American food industry is infected with conflicts of interest that have resulted in a generational health crisis. Can it be changed?
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0:00.0

Moving to the health conversation here, we're going to need a really activated population

0:05.0

because here's the headlines coming out here.

0:07.1

Let's talk about diabetes, obesity, type 2 diabetes cases among young people skyrocketing

0:12.5

due to rising obesity rates.

0:13.9

Remember, type 2 is lifestyle-related diabetes.

0:17.3

And here's obesity.

0:18.6

Nations, obesity epidemic is growing.

0:20.6

19 states have adult obesity rates above 35 percent, up from 16 states last year.

0:25.6

And even this headline goes all the way into cognitive issues.

0:28.6

After processed food intake linked with cognitive decline study.

0:33.5

And so where can we point to this?

0:35.7

Well, there is an organization.

0:37.5

They started in 1917.

0:39.6

They have the roots and it's called the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

0:43.8

And they're responsible.

0:45.2

If you go to their website, they say this is a mission.

0:47.3

The Academy is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession

0:51.3

of dietetics through research, education, advocacy.

0:53.7

Dell, this reminds me a little bit of HHS saying their mission is to enhance the health

0:58.4

and well-being of Americans through scientific research and public health.

1:02.8

So we have this organization and boy, on their watch, they're really not doing a good

1:07.2

job.

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