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This sort of collusion between Big Food and Congress leaves many of us in the food reform world feeling quite «fed up» indeed.

-LSB-...] the new documentary Fed Up makes its compelling case that Big Food and our government have misled the American public -LSB-...]

The reason that the petition is getting so much media attention — along with almost a quarter million signatures in a mere seven days — is that, for many Americans, this is their first real wake - up call about Big Food.

Yesterday the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) AgMag Blog offered a much closer look at those corporate ties, as well as the role of SNA's lobbyists which, in addition to representing SNA, boast a roster of Big Food clients that includes General Mills, Kraft Foods, the North American Meat Association, the National Confectioners Association and the National Frozen Pizza Institute (whose members include Con Agra and Schwan.)

If SNA is successful, Big Food will not incur the considerable expense of reformulating products to further increase whole grain content and lower sodium, all while pleasing kids» notoriously picky palates.

Since I am (as you now know from last week's Civil Eats post) more of a realist than an idealist, I'm not especially hopeful that our elected officials will suddenly find the courage to defy Big Food — and forgo its campaign contributions — nor am I hopeful that industry will change its ways voluntarily on a widespread basis.

That change in course is seen by some critics (rightly, I think) as a desire to avoid conflict with Big Food — and its powerful lobbying arm — in the -LSB-...]

Nancy regularly takes on Big Food in her blog, found here, and you can follow her on Twitter at @nyshepa.

And if history is any guide, you might want to lay your money on Big Food over kids» health: just as Minnesota Congresswoman Amy Klobuchar came to the aid of frozen food manufacturer -LSB-...]

I don't trust big food companies and I don't trust the government's information.

We know the answer to those questions: the money and influence of Big Food, and a moral failure by this Congress to stand up for the health of American kids.

Another factor is the SNA's cozy relationship with Big Food, which funds at least half of the organization's operating budget.

Congress did pass legislation mandating that nutrition standards be written for competitive foods in schools but Big Food (the companies that brought you «Pizza is a vegetable») is lobbying overtime to ensure that these standards are weakened and delayed.

There is no way that the U.S. is going to turn around its nutrition problems without the participation of Big Food — the U.S. market is simply too large and diverse.

Last month, I witnessed it for myself and discovered the corporate takeover by Big Food was worse than I even imagined.

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Our profession's reputation is hanging by a thread, and we desperately need people to show the world Registered Dietitians are not Big Food's and Big Ag's puppets.

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In addition to dominating the expo hall, Big Food also often asserted unilateral control over the messaging at many of the educational sessions.

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In 2013, Michelle Simon published a report entitled «And Now a Word from Our Sponsors: Are America's Nutrition Professionals in the Pocket of Big Food?»

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The report asks, «Are America's nutrition professionals in the pocket of Big Food?»

Interesting that you should see a shift in emphasis from food to exercise as a retreat and a capitulation to «big food.»

But for better or worse, private actors — not our federal legislators, who seem inescapably captive to Big Food's dollars — may be the future of food reform.

But the fact that Ms. Obama can't (or won't) wage war with Big Food has never surprised me.

It's Big Food's careful manipulation of these palate - pleasing ingredients that hook us on junk food and keep us coming back for more, and so it seemed to me that the humble carrot was never going to be able to compete on a serious level with the micro-engineered Nacho Cheese Dorito.

That change in course is seen by some critics (rightly, I think) as a desire to avoid conflict with Big Food — and its powerful lobbying arm — in the midst of a presidential election year.

Consumers share a growing concern over what's in their food and Big Food stalwarts like Campbell's and Kraft know they'll have to either catch up or take a hit to their bottom line.

From one of their Advisory Panel members, former Big Food exec and healthy eating advocate Bruce Bradley, «Over the past decade or so, Big Food increasingly acts more and more like a snake oil salesman, shilling sugary, salt - laden, fatty processed foods and calling them «healthy.»»

Similarly, Big Food likely also supports the cap on sodium reductions (salt is 1/3 of Big Food's palatability arsenal; see: Michael Moss's Salt Sugar Fat) as well as the requested change to a la carte rules (who profits from all that frozen pizza schools want to serve every day?)

Many of my fellow food advocates have pointed to the fact that the SNA takes a significant amount of money from corporate «patrons» like ConAgra and PepsiCo, and they therefore allege that SNA's entire effort is being directed by Big Food.

But just because some of SNA's goals align with Big Food's doesn't mean there aren't other reasons why SNA is asking for these changes.

As of July 1, when the next phase of HHFKA's more stringent school nutrition standards will be implemented, SNA's influential Big Food and Beverage patrons will no longer be able to sell or serve many of their ultra-processed junk food products in the nation's schools.

Learn about the power of Big Food and get inspired to join the food movement.

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It's a silly and desperate attempt by Big Food to respond to the star - power that has Katie Couric appearing all over the mainstream media spreading a message that the food industry doesn't want you to hear.

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Public health attorney and author Michele Simon asks: Are America's nutrition professionals in the pocket of Big Food?

School Nutrition Association includes such Big Food sponsors as PepsiCo, Domino's and Muffin Town.

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