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Milk Consumption and Prostate Cancer
Milk Consumption and Prostate Cancer Abstract Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, with an estimated 400,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Its incidence and mortality have been associated with milk or dairy product consumption in intern |
Health Concerns about Dairy Products
Many Americans still consume substantial amounts of dairy products—and government policies still promote them—despite scientific evidence that questions their health benefits and indicates their potential health risks. Osteoporosis Milk’s main selling point is calcium, and milk-drinking is touted fo |
2002 School Lunch Report Card: Results
introduction | the criteria | the report card | Nutrition Grades District Location Points (out of 100) Grad |
Doctors Group Files Suit against Kraft, General Mills, Dannon, and Dairy Trade Groups for False Dairy Weight-Loss Claims
WASHINGTON—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) announced today that it has filed two major lawsuits to stop a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign claiming that milk facilitates weight loss. PCRM charges that three main dairy industry trade groups—the International Dairy Foods |
Food Guide Pyramid Revisions Letter
September 10, 2002 John Webster Director, Public Information and Governmental Affairs Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion United States Department of Agriculture 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1034 Alexandria, VA 22302 Dear Mr. Webster: Thank you very much for inviting us to comment on the reassessment |
New PCRM Study Shatters Milk Myth: Children’s Bone Health Tied to Exercise, Not Dairy
For years, the dairy industry’s milk mustache ads have pushed the notion that milk drinking helps children grow strong bones. A review published in the March 2005 issue of Pediatrics by PCRM senior nutrition scientist Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D., and co-authors |
Dairy Industry Dishonest in New Weight-Loss Gimmick Campaign
WASHINGTON—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) today blasted the National Dairy Council for launching a deceptive campaign designed to push the false notion that consuming more dairy products leads to a trimmer waistline. National Dairy Council |
Dairy Ads May Dupe Dieters
By Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D This op-ed was published on May 24, 2004, in the Detroit Free Press. It builds bone. It makes muscle. It melts away surplus pounds faster than ice cream disappears from hot asphalt. Who knows? Maybe it can even give you back that new car smell. T |
PCRM Goes to Court Over False Dairy Weight-Loss Claims
On June 28, PCRM filed two separate lawsuits to stop a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign claiming that milk facilitates weight loss. PCRM charges the National Dairy Council, the International Dairy Foods Association, Dairy Management, Inc., Dannon Company, Kraft |
A Brief History of Milk Promotion
1970: The United Dairy Industry Association is formed. 1983: Congress enacts the Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act and the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board is created. The USDA approves the checkoff program. 1992: Distinguished pediatrician Benjamin Spock, M.D., joins PCRM’s call for parental warnings |
PCRM’s Complaint Halts Misleading Dairy Advertisements
Two national dairy advertising campaigns overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will stop claiming that dairy products cause weight loss, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in early May. The decision, which comes in response to a petition filed by PCRM, will end misleading claims made in the &ldqu |
Ask the Expert: Dairy Products
Q: Do dairy products cause cancer? And if you don’t drink milk, how do you get all the calcium you need? A: Recent scientific studies have suggested that dairy products may be linked to increased risk for prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and possibly for ovarian and breast cancers. Prostate cancer has bee |
Physicians Urge Elizabeth Hurley to Disavow False Dairy Diet Claims
WASHINGTON—In a letter sent today to Elizabeth Hurley, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) called on the British actress and model to stop participating in an advertising campaign that falsely implies that consuming dairy product |
Weight-Loss Ads Are Big Dairy’s Latest Way to Trick Consumers
By Neal D. Barnard, M.D. This piece was published on Aug. 15, 2005, in AgWeek. Every year, consumers waste billions of dollars on false weight-loss schemes. But the latest fad diet may be one of the most deceptive yet. “Burn more fat,” advises a glossy print ad for |
USDA, Dairy Industry End Dairy-Weight Loss Advertisements
You’ve seen the advertisements. Trim celebrities like Elizabeth Hurley and Beyoncé tell you that eating three servings of dairy a day will help you lose weight. Thousands of Americans were duped into thinking that dairy product consumption is associated with weight loss because of this slick advertisi |
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