Nutrition is a hassle.
But thank you CSPI for reminding us of Calorie Reality.
More eye-opening info from the CSPI:
Please ask the Obama Administration to address the obesity epidemic by
using some of the $650 million set aside for prevention and wellness in
the economic stimulus package to strengthen the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of Nutrition, Physical
Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO). CDC is the nation's lead prevention
agency, yet DNPAO is funded at less than one half of one percent of
CDC's budget.
Please go to the "contact us" section of recovery.gov. Insert a request for CDC obesity funding, such as the model comment
below, and add a supporting fact of your own or one from the list of
options below:
Please ensure that the prevention and wellness fund from the
stimulus package includes a strong investment in obesity prevention by
providing $90 million for the CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical
Activity and Obesity.
To support that request use one of the following or your own supporting fact:
* At the current funding, $42 million, CDC is able to support only
23 states. The remaining states receive no funds from CDC to address a
condition that affects two-thirds of American adults, contributes to
112,000 deaths annually, and costs the nation $123 billion in treatment
costs.
* Over the last ten years, the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity
and Obesity has begun to build a strong science base, effective
programs, and national infrastructure to promote healthy eating and
physical activity. The Administration should build on that initial
investment rather than reinventing the wheel.
* With high rates of obesity in adults and children, the Administration
can't afford to not have a strong national obesity prevention program
in place. Without sufficient investment in prevention, obesity rates
are going to continue to wreak havoc on the nation's health and health
care costs.
* Funding CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity at
$90 million would allow it to support obesity prevention programs in
every state.
* Even though all state applications were approved for funding, 13
states lost their obesity funding last year due to inadequate resources.
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