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"National restaurant association (2000). "Restaurant Industry Pocket Factbook." National restaurant association, Washington, DC. 195. Clauson, A. (1999). Share of food spending for eating out reaches 47%. FoodReview 22, 20-33. 196. Nielsen, S. J., Siega-Riz, A. M., and Popkin, B. M. (2002). Trends in food locations and sources among adolescents and young adults. Prev. Med. 35, 107-113. 197. Nestle, M., and Jacobson, M. F. (2000). Halting the obesity epidemic: A public health policy approach. Public Health Rep. 115, 12-24. 198. Guthrie, J. F., Derby, B. M., and Levy, A. S. (1999)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health that lobbyists for the American restaurant association promote their agenda without regard to the health consequences of individual people. Eric Schlosser, in Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the American Meal, discusses how fast-food restaurants have figured out that they can increase sales by promoting "super-size" portions of food." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Business considerations explain why the National restaurant association opposes calorie labeling, supports legislation to prevent lawsuits, argues personal responsibility, and hires public relations firms to issue disinformation, attack the science, and personally attack anyone like me who questions their members' motives. The association's legislative counsel explains that "Our position is that the individual who is concerned about obesity should emphasize healthy lifestyle, personal responsibility, regular exercise and moderation . . . Seventy-six percent of all meals are prepared at home." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"National restaurant association. "The Restaurant Industry 2000 Year in Review." http://www .restaurant.org/research/year_in_review.cfm. Novis. "Consumers Baffled by GI Labels." NUTRAingredients.com, November 24, 2004. http:// nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?id=56285&n=dh329&c=eepddtxhprfgmgi. Nutraingredients.com. "Low-Carb Led 2004 Food Launches," January 5, 2005. http://www.nutrain-gredients-usa.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=57089-low-carb-led. Opinion Dynamics Corporation. Dieting in the 21st Century: Low-Carb, Low-Fat, and More. -. " - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"The rhetoric of "sensible solutions," "complex," "moderation," and "personal responsibility" is all taken directly from industry's playbook, suggesting that the California restaurant association or another industry group told Dutra exactly what to say. Moreover, if there was ever a "shameful distraction" from "finding sensible solutions," it's the effort to pass these bills. Instead of passing laws to (for example) get healthier food into schools, legislatures are wasting their time and resources shielding industry from liability." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "As we will see, the National restaurant association has been crusading tirelessly to pass state bills that would grant its members protection from obesity-related lawsuits. In February 2005, Arkansas state representative Sam Ledbetter called the industry's bluff. He offered chain restaurants liability protection in exchange for their support of a menu-labeling bill. The idea was that if restaurants are sincere in saying that people should take personal responsibility for their eating behaviors, then they should give people the information they need to make informed decisions." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "Lobbying against phantom threats The National restaurant association (NRA) and the Food Products Association (FPA, formerly the National Food Processors Association) have been the two key players convincing willing legislators to sponsor legislation to protect industry. At the industry conference, Scott Riehl, FPA's vice president of government affairs, admitted that lobbying for these bills is a deliberate strategy to preempt litigation. In other words, he's fully aware that no actual threat of litigation exists. But why let pesky facts get in the way?" - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "Indeed, the NRA works quite effectively in tandem with each state's restaurant association. On a page titled "State Frivolous-Lawsuit Legislation," NRA's Web site tracks the legislative progress in each state.13 (I use this page myself as a convenient, time-saving way to keep up on the latest developments.) NRA's Web site also offers an entire "Obesity Issue Kit" that includes model legislation, op-ed articles, talking points, and other resources, all designed to assist states in the effort to both pass legislation and to shield industry from liability." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"This biotechnology industry advertisement appeared late in zooi inside the front cover of Food Safety, a publication of the National Restaurant Association's Educational Foundation. The text suggests that Golden Rice could help prevent nutritional deficiencies among people in the developing world, presumably by replacing the current vitamin-enriched breakfast cereals. unfortunate that the answer is yes: Greenpeace . . . and associared GMO opponents regard 'Golden Rice' as a 'Trojan Horse.'. . ." - Marion Nestle, Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (Get the book.)

"A telling example of this phenomenon is in a report by researchers on tobacco and food money supporting the Massachusetts restaurant association. This association represents more than 7,000 restaurants and groups in the food service industry throughout the state. It downplays connections with the tobacco industry, yet has worked with the industry to defeat legislation that would restrict smoking in workplaces, public spaces, restaurants, and bars. Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds are dues-paying members. Such organizations exist in other states." - Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, Food Fight (Get the book.) "In October 2002, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and USDA Secretary Ann Veneman met with leaders from the National restaurant association and the National Council of Chain Restaurants on combating obesity. The industry is invited in. "I am calling on the leaders from the food and beverage industry to aid us in our fight against obesity." —HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson "Bringing various industries together to promote balanced diets and healthier lifestyles is important as we look at more aggressive ways to fight obesity in America." - Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, Food Fight (Get the book.) "Eating Away from Home The National restaurant association says the nation now has 858,000 restaurants. The average household spends $2,116 per year ($846 per person) on food away from home. Fifty-four billion meals are eaten per year at restaurants or at school or work cafeterias.55 Eating out often means eating a lot and eating poorly, for both adults and children.56 The frequency of eating out is associated with higher calorie and fat intake and increased body weight, while eating meals at home is associated with better calorie intake." - Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen, Food Fight (Get the book.)

"Colonel Paul Logan of the National restaurant association has quoted an association survey indicating that "three out of four of all good restaurant operators are now using Glutamate" (Glutamate Manufacturers' Technical Committee Publication: The Value of Glutamate in Processed Foods). Inquiries by my staff in 1987 to hundreds of franchised restaurants, cafeterias, and individual restaurants about their use of MSG brought a variety of responses." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

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