Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:03:51 -0800

From: Mark Fulop <markfulop@YAHOO.COM>

Subject: New Government Oversight report

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While this issue has been going on for some time, here is a great summary report.

Committee Report: White House Engaged in Systematic Effort to Manipulate Climate Change Science

The evidence before the Committee leads to one inescapable conclusion: the Bush Administration has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the public about the dangers of global warming.

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Mark Fulop, MA, MPH

Portland, OR

"None of this is going to be easy. I hear all these candidates talking about how we're going to bring about the big, bold change that America needs. And I hear some people saying that they think we can sit at a table with drug companies, oil companies and insurance companies, and they will give their power away. That is a fantasy. We have a fight in front of us. We have a fight for the future of this country. And the change we need will not happen easily. We need someone who is going to step into that arena on your behalf, someone who is ready for that fight.

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#871

Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:30:49 -0500

From: AAHE Gateway <AGateway@AAHPERD.ORG>

Subject: Invitation from AAHE

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Invitation from AAHE:

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1. The American Association for Health Education in Reston, VA is accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students wishing to apply for an internship during 2008. Please send an email to aahe@aahperd.org for guidelines and application procedures.=20

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2. AAHE is also offering research and service opportunities during 2009 to university faculty eligible for sabbatical leave. During the past 6 years 4 university faculty have taken advantage of the AAHE Faculty Associate Program to write books, develop coursework, develop workshops and assist in national project development. Each sabbatical project is individually designed to meet the needs and interests of the faculty member and support a project or priority of AAHE and the health education profession. In 2008 Dr, Chrystyna Kosarchyn, Professor of Health Education at Longwood University is completing her sabbatical in affiliation with AAHE and is working on a project related to college student health.=20

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#872

Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:18:17 -0800

From: Mark Fulop <markfulop@YAHOO.COM>

Subject: Re: Cost of Healthy Foods

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Tanya,

I'll weigh in on this one. I am assuming you are referencing the article The Rising Cost of Low-Energy-Density Foods, which I only saw the abstract of. So Disclaimer. I did not read the article just the abstract. So my comments are not about the article about the issue you raise.

The abstract suggested that the methodology was "For a list of 372 foods and beverages belonging to a food frequency questionnaire database, retail prices were obtained from major supermarket chains in the Seattle, WA, metropolitan area in 2004 and 2006." Given that frame, the conclusion that the article was reached most likely can't be argued with. It is true. I can buy a lot more convenience and calories at Taco Bell than I can at a supermarket... Conversely, the highest profit margins on food products (and where most food chains in the country are getting into) is in the premium food market. Most notably on the organics bandwagon. So from my perspective we can't argue with the economic apartheid associated with food costs.

As a result, we can teach people to eat healthy as long as they can afford to buy food at a premium (ala most of the weight management courses taught in this country). However, when we are working with low income communities, we can't just teach about nutrition but we have to teach about nutrition in relationship to social, environmental and economic justice and injustice. To me that includes three facets

1) As you say we need to teach people about "My family regularly spends an average of $4-5 a day (the same cost as a fast food meal) on a highly nutritious and varied diet. I have seen healthy being equated with organic and other specialty foods instead of cheap alternatives like beans, rice, frozen vegetables, etc."

3) We need also to be geting people to put their hands in the dirt again to reforge connections with where our food comes from, through community gardening and making food production once again a part of the place and space where we live.

4) Finally, we also need to be politically active to change the incentives and disincentives at the policy level to force changes in the food industry by electing a national leader who is not afraid to take on the entrenched corporate interests.

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Mark Fulop, MA, MPH

Portland, OR

We must reengage with our tradition of moral leadership on issues ranging from the killings in Darfur to global poverty and climate change....Our government must reengage with the American people to restore our reputation as a moral beacon to the world, tapping into our fundamental hope and optimism and calling on our citizens' commitment and courage to make this possible. We must lead the world by demonstrating the power of our ideals, not by stoking fear about those who do not share them.

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