NOBULL: Kansas City Star – Using money, science to win over stomachs

Using money, science to win over stomachs

By ALAN BAVLEY and MIKE MCGRAW | | The Kansas City Star © 2012

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Big Beef tries to shape U.S. Dietary Guidelines, saying it wants to fill ‘information gaps.’

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

It was here in this prosperous New England town that America’s love affair with beef started to lose its sizzle.

It was here a half century ago that obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels were all identified as risk factors for heart disease. (MORE)