Great post from Debra on the irony of the Building Trust in Obesity workshop this past weekend in Canada:
… the foxes (Big Food) are building trust with the farmers (Health Care agencies and nonprofits) to decide what to do about the chickens (fat people). The chickens have no voice. … What a crock, and an irony.
I liked Yoni Freedhoff’s commentary on Twitter:
Would there be a building trust workshop at a cancer conference with cigarette manufacturers?
It will never be food industry’s “task” to make healthy food. Will be to satisfy consumer demand, increase sales and elevate brand.
Full disclosure. I simply “trust” that food corporations partner with health organizations to directly/indirectly increase sales.
Hank Cardello (author of Stuffed) argues that working with industry is preferable to the alternative. He may have a point. I remain neutral re policy and legislation — at least as far as effectiveness goes.
That said, I suffer no illusions that industry has any other interest than the bottom line.
Weight Maven is written by Beth Mazur. Beth believes that obesity is more symptom than cause and that the real problem is our modern culture -- especially diet. Beth writes about ancestral health, health policy, & mindfulness. And cats! 
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