[identity profile] a-green-macaw.livejournal.com 2004-01-21 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'm an A'Mooo'ican.

[identity profile] femakita.livejournal.com 2004-01-21 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
The fattest nation on Earth opposes the fat plan.

Denial much?

Follow the money

[identity profile] duluoz.livejournal.com 2004-01-21 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Sugar Industry Pressuring UN to Lie About Obesity (http://www.organicconsumers.org/school/sugar042803.cfm)

[Sugar Association president Andrew] Briscoe said his association was attacking the report on scientific grounds. He noted the National Academy of Sciences issued a report last fall saying added sugars could amount to as much as 25 per cent of a person's daily diet without harming one's health.

That's right folks.

Sugar. It's what's for dinner.

[identity profile] eleri.livejournal.com 2004-01-21 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
ohhh, don;t even get me started on how the US reacts to WHO reccomendations. There's a whole book about it.

[identity profile] madsqueeble.livejournal.com 2004-01-21 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
*hits head on table several times*

I'd go into the Kyoto Protocol, but that's off topic and would start some serious dipstick.