September 30, 2003

Obesity and Dietary Guidelines

Witnesses testified about obesity in America and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s dietary guidelines. Topics included suggested changes in… read more

Witnesses testified about obesity in America and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s dietary guidelines. Topics included suggested changes in federal guidelines, public education, changing diet and lifestyle and the conflict between low-fat-diet and high-fat-diet recommendations.

Panel 1: Hentges, Lawrence, Graham. 53 minutes

Panel 2: Begins 22:25 Jacobson, Ornish, Willet, Trager. 1 hour 15 minutes close

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Peter Fitzgerald U.S. Senator [R] Illinois
John D. Graham Administrator Office of Management and Budget->Information and Regulatory Affairs

Eric Hentges Executive Director Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Michael F. Jacobson Co-Founder and Executive Director Center for Science in the Public Interest
Arthur Lawrence Assistant Secretary Department of Health and Human Services->Health
Dean Ornish Professor University of California, San Francisco
Arlen Specter U.S. Senator [R] Pennsylvania
Stuart Lawrence Trager MD Assistant Professor Hahnemann University School of Medicine
Walter Willet MD Professor Harvard Medical School

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Senate Commerce, Science,and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer

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Program ID:: 178429-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Oct 01, 2003 | 9:32pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Oct 04, 2003 | 1:04pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Oct 01, 2003 | 9:32pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Oct 02, 2003 | 1:33am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Oct 02, 2003 | 7:21am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Oct 04, 2003 | 1:04pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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