Aiming For The Belt

Much like their British cousins, American policymakers are expressing the same concerns about rising levels of U.S. obesity.

With this in mind, USDA Secretary Ann Veneman recently announced her department will be waging its own “Battle of the Bulge” to ensure a healthier, less fattening food supply --- no value-added taxes on fatty foods, mind you, primarily just a fine-tuning of programs already in place.

USDA nutrition experts, for example, are looking at ways to improve the department's food guide pyramid, scheduled for review this year. Among other measures, the department plans to make use of existing food assistance programs, such as the School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, Food Stamps and the Women, Infants and Children program to relay new dietary recommendations.

Posted by Jim Langcuster at February 20, 2004 08:41 AM | TrackBack