Meanwhile, health and environmental experts are accusing the Obama administration of caving to the meat industry in its new dietary guidelines, released Thursday. While the guidelines recommend consuming less sugar, they do not recommend eating less meat. This comes despite recent findings by the World Health Organization that processed meat is carcinogenic to humans. Advocates are also condemning the government for dropping a proposed recommendation that people eat an environmentally “sustainable” diet. This, too, would have led to recommendations to curb meat consumption, since meat production uses far more water than other forms of food production.
Health Officials Say Gov’t Caved to Meat Industry with New Dietary Rules
HeadlineJan 08, 2016