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Industry's high powered lobbying effort is actually about much more than just passing bills. A convenient side effect of this lobbying crusade is to … - Michele Simon
" "Industry's high powered lobbying effort is actually about much more than just passing bills. A convenient side effect of this lobbying crusade is to apply corporate spin to maximize effect. The rhetoric surrounding the lobbying shapes the broader debate related to who is to blame for obesity and diet-related health problems. Because lawsuits are such a hot-button issue, industry can take full advantage of the popular scapegoating of trial lawyers, while at the same time invoke all-American values and shove the personal responsibility theory down the nation's collective throat.
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About Michele Simon
(born 1965) is a public health lawyer who has been researching and writing about food policy since 1996.
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Targeting young people, like the tobacco industry had to keep replacing their customers who were dying with new customers. knows they have to target young people. That’s why we have these foods in schools and marketing messages at a younger and younger age for kids to get hooked on all the wrong kinds of foods.
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