DISCLOSURE: UC Food Observer editor Rose Hayden-Smith agreed to submit questions for review to the USDA in advance of her Q&A with Angela Tagtow. The final transcript was also reviewed …
Report: UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet
In the face of growing threats from climate change, the global community must change its dietary practices, a UN report says. Diets rich in meat and dairy are unsustainable, per …
Q&A: Pat Crawford, UC Nutrition Policy Institute
“Not changing is risky. The United States – along with Mexico – has the highest obesity rates in the industrialized world. With these extraordinarily high obesity rates, we are on …
UC Food Observer chooses a handful of important stories for you to read as you finish your work week. On the menu, in no particular order: a UC Food Observer …
Q&A: Andy Bellatti, Dietitians for Professional Integrity
“Change is inevitable. Whether you’re talking about the suffrage movement, civil rights, or marriage equality, history has shown that sustained advocacy brings change. It takes time, effort, and patience. And …
Q&A: Alissa Hamilton, author of “Got Milked?” and “Squeezed”
“While the 2015 DGAC’s recommendation that Americans eat less meat is promising, the absence of a similar advisory regarding dairy is glaring. Dairy cows, specifically the high-milk yielding Holstein breed, …
Op-Ed: “The diet we need for a sustainable planet.”
Anna Lappé (@annalappe) is the author of “Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It” and a co-founder …
Vilsack: Dietary guidelines about health, not environment
Last month a panel of nutrition experts generated controversy in some quarters when it explicitly linked environmental health with human health by recommending that the nation’s dietary guidelines consider environmental …
Eat for the good of the planet: drink water
UC Food Observer has produced several posts about the 2015 Dietary Guidelines. A committee of scientists (the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee) has completed a report and submitted its recommendations, which …
How should we eat? Food author Mark Bittman writes about the 2015 Dietary Guidelines. He provides a good analysis of the recommendations that may be included in those guidelines (571 …