Education Law

Is the U.S. Government hypocritical when it comes to cheese?

The New York Times had a fascinating article recently on how the U.S. Government is spending millions to promote cheese through the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Dairy Management marketing campaign.

Cheese has become one of the largest sources of saturated fat in our diets.

Ironically, this is happening at the same time that the Department of Agriculture has created anti-obesity campaigns, the U.S. Congress is considering a bill to make the National School Lunch Program healthier, and First Lady Michelle Obama is working on tackling obesity through her Let?s Move initiative (which NSBA supports). Obama has even cited cheeseburgers and macaroni and cheese as culprits for childhood obesity.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on November 09, 2010 (boomark / email).