{"id":1641537,"date":"2022-09-15T08:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1641537"},"modified":"2022-09-15T08:05:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:05:43","slug":"l-a-schools-push-childhood-obesity-in-bizarre-video-promoting-donuts-as-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-schools-push-childhood-obesity-in-bizarre-video-promoting-donuts-as-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Schools Push Childhood Obesity In Bizarre Video Promoting Donuts As Healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fl-a-schools-push-childhood-obesity-in-bizarre-video-promoting-donuts-as-healthy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1641537&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Los Angeles Unified School district promoted a video to encourage childhood obesity last week featuring a nutritionist who represents the processed food industry, according to the L.A. Parents Union.<\/p>\n<p>The video, apparently published on the Human Relations page of the district\u2019s Instagram account, aims to dismiss the idea of \u201cbad\u201d food no matter its nutritional value as \u201cbased on a false standard of \u2018health.&#8217;\u201d The clip, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lausdhrde\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no longer<\/a> appears posted, begins with a woman offered a plate of iced donuts who recoils at their presentation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are so bad for you,\u201d she claims, as her friend suggesting the sugary snack appears perplexed at the reaction. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh no! Are they moldy? I mean, are they poisoned? Are you allergic?\u201d the presenter asks while holding up the plate of dough and sprinkles. \u201cHm, you\u2019re judging my food choices based on a false standard of health again, aren\u2019t you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuilty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conversation is followed by K\u00e9ra Nyemb-Diop, whom the video identified as the \u201cBlack Nutritionist,\u201d encouraging students to abandon conventional standards of \u201cgood\u201d and \u201cbad choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiet culture, fatphobia, and systems of oppression have created false hierarchies of food and show up everywhere,\u201d says Nyemb-Diop. \u201cRemember that you do not need to \u2018earn\u2019 food\u2026 Eat without guilt, regardless of what society says.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to Nyemb-Diop\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/keranyembdiop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn page<\/a>, the nutritionist has been a \u201csenior scientist\u201d with Mondel\u0113z International for nearly six years. Mondel\u0113z International is a Chicago-based snack food company behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondelezinternational.com\/Our-Brands\">dozens <\/a>of processed brands especially popular with children, including Oreos, Chips Ahoy, Honey Maid, and Sour Patch Kids. <\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the alleged nutritionist\u2019s corporatized claims, recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which L.A. schools adhered to as gospel during lockdowns, encourages individuals to \u201cadd an array of colors to your plate and think of it as eating the rainbow.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDark, leafy greens, oranges, and tomatoes\u2014even fresh herbs\u2014are loaded with vitamins, fiber, and minerals,\u201d the CDC website reads. \u201cAdding frozen peppers, broccoli, or onions to stews and omelets gives them a quick and convenient boost of color and nutrients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The website also posted an outline of the dietary guidelines for 2020-2025 which:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products<\/p>\n<p>Includes a variety of protein foods such as seafood, lean meats and poultry, eggs, legumes (beans and peas), soy products, nuts, and seeds.<\/p>\n<p>Is low in added sugars, sodium, saturated fats, trans fats, and cholesterol.<\/p>\n<p>Stays within your daily calorie needs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One individual snack pack of Oreo cookies <a href=\"https:\/\/smartlabel.mondelez.info\/00044000006808-0001-en-US\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contains <\/a>33 grams of sugar, or, more than 30 percent beyond the recommended maximum daily intake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/nutritionsource\/2016\/08\/23\/aha-added-sugar-limits-children\/#:~:text=In%20a%20scientific%20statement%20published,than%20eight%20ounces%20per%20week.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">set <\/a>by the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the CDC shows America continuing to fail in its effort against childhood obesity more than 10 years after the launch of First Lady <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/09\/01\/i-used-to-mock-michelle-obamas-efforts-on-childhood-obesity-now-i-miss-her-activism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michelle Obama\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Move\u201d initiative. <\/a> The public health agency says about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/obesity\/data\/childhood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 in 5<\/a> American children are categorically obese. <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofchildhoodobesity.org\/states\/ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to State of Childhood Obesity, about 15 percent of California youth aged 10 to 17 are considered medically obese.<\/p>\n<p>Recalibrating nutritional standards to erase notions of \u201cbad food\u201d not only sets children up for a lifetime weighed down by unhealthy eating habits, but it\u2019s also anti-science. In the clip promoted by the Los Angeles school district, a pro-fat commentator labeled \u201cSavageXFatty\u201d claims \u201cthe only foods that are bad for you are foods that contain allergens, poisons, or contaminants. Or, food that is spoiled, or it otherwise inedible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Excess sugar, however, such as that found in just one package of Nyemb-Diop-promoted Oreos, is itself a \u201cpoison,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsf.edu\/news\/2009\/06\/104177\/sugar-poison-says-ucsf-obesity-expert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according <\/a>to University of California San Francisco obesity expert Robert Lustig in 2009. Dr. Frank Hu, professor of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/heart-health\/the-sweet-danger-of-sugar#:~:text=%22The%20effects%20of%20added%20sugar,and%20stroke%2C%22%20says%20Dr.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outlined <\/a>the latest research on the consequences of ingesting too much sugar in the Harvard Medical Journal in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, the higher the intake of added sugar, the higher the risk for heart disease,\u201d Hu said. \u201cThe effects of added sugar intake \u2014 higher blood pressure, inflammation, weight gain, diabetes, and fatty liver disease \u2014 are all linked to an increased risk for heart attack and stroke.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. 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