Pyramid, Schmyramid

ziggy on 2003-10-01T02:54:43

From the stop eating bread department:

Health experts on nutrition and diet on Tuesday called on the government to overhaul its public dietary guidelines, charging that heavy reliance on carbohydrates and fear of all fats has left the nation seriously overweight.

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"Looking at some of the recommendations from the Department of Agriculture gives the idea that they've forgotten that we're feeding people, not horses," said Walter Willet, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.