You to follow because they doesnt accommodations that we are talking about theyre influencing School Lunches theyre influencing what people have fat in hospital theyre influencing what people give a setter and a large degree theyre also influencing the give it a very the practices of big multinational that todays iraq. Yeah theyre enormously influential in the odd ways but theyre written in a euphemism and theyre written in euphemisms because its politically impossible in the United States to advise eating less of anything that has a industry behind it that makes a lot of money. As im going to say over and over again we know what a healthy diet is it means not eating too much for one for one thing and eating less is very very bad for business it doesnt make anybody rich if people eat less food other coated 19 pandemic has illustrated how reported it is for people to eat healthily because the people who are at very high risk for this disease are people who are overweight or have chronic
To eat healthily because the people who are at very high risk for this disease are people who are overweight or have chronic diseases already sort of dietary guidelines are extremely important in helping people understand where to eat but they are so heavily criticized its almost impossible to understand were being me now i actually want to seize on this point because youre making the a dollar notes on how big corporations are abusing. Trade on science on power or on people how but i think it wasnt until because at 19 that the full damage of those practices really hit home as as just sat the lethality of this virus as with many other viruses was super charged by the problems of. Diet and g. s disease and i just wonder if that would put an additional sort of political entity d on those scientists to perhaps at least when it comes to public recommendations to change the advice did. Says far as we can tell is going to be pretty much the same as a whole always has been only a little bit mo
Suffering from a diseased one died due to used disease and therefore facing a much higher risk of cobbett neck and complications did vice things long overdue you but is it Strong Enough jurors the obesity and other related pandemics as well to discuss that im now joined by Marion Nestle a Professor Emeritus of nutrition foods that is in Public Health at New York University and bestselling author present nestle and im such a big fan of yours thank you very much for it rains it talks yards im very happy to be here thanks now for most of our International Audience the u. S. Dietary guidelines nate come across as obscure or a manuscript that has little or no impact on that own lives but i happen to believe that this is actually one of the most impactful Public Health documents in the world whether. Influence often harmful influence spanning far beyond the United States is that an exaggeration well if it doesnt summarize or not others really know what healthy diets are dietary recommendatio
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The week. Vix below 30. We have a stronger euro today. Europe definitely doing better on the coronavirus front. The 10year yield holding at those lows of 64 basis points. Kicking off this week. Investors awaiting report from the largest u. S. Banks. Lets get to brian levitt, invesco Advisors Global strategist. It seems there is more optimism than pessimism on the earnings front. Why should that be . Brian i think it is largely not investors view the Second Quarter as being priced in by the markets. 35 in 20 was down days, pricing in a bad secondquarter, and a big hit to earnings. From there, you assess whether things start to get better as the year progresses. Investors are largely looking out beyond the Second Quarter as there has been resumption in , as mobilityvity has improved, conditions have improved. It is largely a look at things getting better, rather than taking the Second Quarter will be anything but pretty ugly. Vonnie it seems investors will be cheered by anything. If you