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Nutrition News Releases
2012 The Stalled “Let’s Move” Campaign Needs to Get Back in Gear, Doctors Say August 8, 2012 Doctors Petition USDA to Remove Milk as Required Food from School Lunches July 19, 2012 Billboard Near Kauffman Stadium Warns All-Star Fans of Hot Dog-Cancer Link July 9, 2012 |
Media Center
Making the Grade: Doctors Rank Healthiest School Lunch Programs in America Nov. 5, 2012 Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunch Programs in United States Sept. 7, 2012 The Stalled “Let’s Move” Campaign Needs to Get Back in Gear, Doctors Say Aug. 8, 2012 Doctors Petition USDA to Remove Milk as Requi |
Newsletter
May 2013 > Mother’s Day Brunch Menu Inspiration from the Mothers of Food for Life Instructors: Gloria Huerta and Sandi Rechenmacher Mother's Day Tribute AMA Publishes Article on Physicians’ Responsibilities for Patients’ Nutrition International Conference on Nutrition and |
Amy J. Lanou, Ph.D.
Amy J. Lanou, Ph.D., is senior nutrition scientist for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting preventive medicine, especially better nutrition, and higher standards in research. Dr. Lanou is also assistant professor of health |
PCRM 2003: The Year in Review
The close of 2003 marks another year of growth and increased effectiveness for PCRM. Remarkable success has been achieved in medical schools, where animal labs are steadily being replaced with better methods. Interest in vegetarian diets on the part of the media, consumer |
Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act: Media Room
Media Room Dr. Barnard's Blog Victory! NIH Retires More than 100 Chimpanzees to Sanctuary Dec. 18, 2012 Congressional Hearing Considers Ending Chimpanzee Experiments April 24, 2012 PCRM Continues to Urge NIH to End Chimpanzee Experiments April 13, 2012 Chimpanzee Experiments Exposed on Prime-Time TV Feb. 2, |
PCRM Conference Confronts Childhood Obesity Epidemic
As the federal government’s National School Lunch Program continues to emphasize artery-clogging, high-cholesterol foods, childhood obesity has reached record levels—16 percent of children ages 2 to 19 are now considered obese. And as waistlines expand, so does the risk for chronic disease, including h |
PCRM Online July 2012
July 2012 Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine |
PCRM Online September 2012
September 2012 Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine |
PCRM Online December 2011
December 2011 |
Physicians' Group Responds to Smear Tactics by American Meat Institute and Tobacco/Meat Industry Front Group
Washington—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) responds to news releases published recently by the “Center for Consumer Freedom” (CCF), a group funded by the tobacco, meat, and junk food industries, and the American Meat Institute (AMI), a meat-industry organization that prom |
Childhood Obesity Conference Confronts the Fattening of America
Is childhood obesity more dangerous than cancer? In the next 50 years, pediatric obesity may shorten life expectancy in the United States by two to five years—an effect equal to that of all cancers combined, according to research by David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D. Hear his and other childhood obesity experts’ |
News and Media
News and Media If you are a journalist seeking more information or an interview with a PCRM expert, please contact Jeanne S. McVey at 202-527-7316 or jeannem@pcrm.org. News Releases PCRM Statement on the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010 (H.R. 5820) July 29, 2010 New Chemical-Testing Bills are Big Ste |
PCRM Online October 2012
October 2012 Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine |
PCRM Sets the Record Straight About Vegan Child-Rearing
The headlines were certainly attention-grabbing: “Vegan parents kill baby” and “Infant dies from vegan diet.” But they were also entirely misleading. PCRM’s senior nutrition scientist, Amy Lanou, Ph.D., helped to set the record straight about the tragic death of Crown Shakur. This May i |
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