In 2003, the WHO came out with controversial report W.H.O. T.R.S. 916 saying people needed cut their sugar intake to less than 10% of daily calories. Associate Dean of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, epidemiologist and vice chair of the UN panel on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic disease Shiriki Kumanyika never saw the political buzz-saw coming at her.
Read the report: www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/who_fao_expert_report.pdf
The U.S. Sugar Association targeted the WHO report because it asked people cut their calories for sugar to 10% of their diet. The Corn Refiners Association makers of the soft drink sweeter high fructose corn syrup asked Thompson to personal intervene and have the WHO report removed from the WHO website. Senators Larry Craig (R-ID) and John Breaux called for Thompson to ask the WHO to cease further promotion of the report.
Read the Sugar Industry and it’s Congressional allies sought to block the report: www.commercialalert.org/sugarthreat.pdf
Thompson could have shot back "Since when does the U.S. food industry control a 160 person World Health Organization expert panel on a dietary advice?" But Thompson quietly acquiesced to the food industry request.
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