Huffington Post - Why Is Our Food Making Us Fat?

By Nicolette Hahn Niman
April 7, 2011

"As a rancher and environmental lawyer, when I write or speak about America's food system, usually it's related to impacts on natural resources -- air, water, and soils. But these last few years I've also become increasingly interested in how what we eat, and the way we eat, affects our health. With diet related problems like obesity and type II diabetes reaching dangerous levels, public officials finally seem poised to take action on what has grown into a crisis. At the same time, thousands of diverse individuals all over the country -- from moms to school administrators to farmers -- are taking food matters into their own hands. The reality is that truly changing the way America eats and produces its food will require both public and private action..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicolette-hahn-niman/why-is-our-food-making-us_b_845883.html