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that there was very heavy influence by the food industry,
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not only on the committees that created the report,
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but in revising drafts of the report once it came out, and then in the final guidelines.
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People said the dairy industry and the meat industry
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were especially effective at lobbying
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and that gave you a skewed version of what to eat.
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It's what has been discussed in great detail in a terrific book
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by a researcher at NYU
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named Marian Nestle called, Food Politics.
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She was in Washington spending some time
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when the first food guide pyramid
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and dietary guidelines when being developed