Twinkies Are Science Fair Projects

PEEKE: I am not advocating for a nanny state. I don?t want someone taking my mother?s chocolate-chip cookie out of my hand. Oh my God, it?s a food felony! I mean, that?s ridiculous. I?ll just score it somewhere else. But there?s a lot the government can do. Number one is promoting research. Last time I looked, the National Institutes of Health had a congressional budget. We need to use that budget to understand the underpinnings, the hot new research that?s coming out. Another thing we need is education at 900 different levels?from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Centers for Disease Control to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. We need it to be free, easily accessed, easily digested. I?d love to see more education platforms on television, radio, and the internet. People should constantly be hearing appropriate information about food, physical activity, environment, stress, and everything else that can contribute to the obesity epidemic.

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