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Paula Deen and the politics of personal responsibility

by: Andrew Cheyne
posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Following Food Network star Paula Deen’s announcment that she has Type-2 diabetes, fans have rallied behind her in support. But the arguments that they — and Deen herself — are using to defend her promotion of high-calorie foods are eerily similar to the industry rhetoric used to defend another Southern product: tobacco.

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New brief shows how food and beverage companies target Latino youth

by: Priscilla Gonzalez
posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012

At a time when obesity has reached epidemic proportions, food and beverage companies continue to heavily target the environments that young Latino and African Americans live in with fatty and sugary foods. New research briefs from Salud America! expand our understanding of industry tactics.

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