Krugman on the "Girth of a Nation"

Paul Krugman in today's NY Times points out yet another nefarious industry scam...

Not wanting us to connect overeating, or eating the calorie-laden crap they produce, with obesity, food industry greats like Coca-Cola and Wendy's have created a "publi c information" organization, "The Center for Consumer Freedom," to let us know about our patriotic duty to eat. From the website:

"Far too few Americans, remember that the Founding Fathers, authors of modern liberty, greatly enjoyed their food and drink. ... Now it seems that food liberty - just one of the many important areas of personal choice fought for by the original American patriots - is constantly under attack."

They heap contempt on such nutrition activists as the Center for Science in the Public Interest to the point where they've created a separate website, www.cspiSCAM.com just to bash them for suggesting that too much salt is bad for us, as is too much fat.

These companies are no better than Philip Morris et al... pretending like there's nothing wrong with their product and pointing the finger of blame instead outward at those who would try to protect the public.