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National Doughnut Day

National Doughnut Day was established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to raise much-needed funds during the Great Depression and to honor the work of World War I Salvation Army volunteers who prepared doughnuts for thousands of soldiers. National Doughnut Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in June.

If you want to show your patriotism, feed the poor, turn around the economy, support the troops, and get some of that old time religion, today is the day to stop by Krispy Kreme for a free doughnut of your choice.

Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a team of specialists into a state, West Virginia, to study an outbreak of obesity in the same way it studies an outbreak of an infectious disease.

The CDC tries to clarify any confusion:
Weighing a little too much might not kill you, but there's nothing healthy about it, the head of the nation's health agency said Thursday.

Health experts increasingly are faulting a study by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that concluded obesity is not nearly as dangerous as was thought.

At a news conference, Dr. Julie Gerberding, the CDC chief, said: "It is not OK to be overweight. People need to be fit, they need to have a healthy diet, they need to exercise. I'm very sorry for the confusion."
Still confused? Perhaps a spokesman for the food industry could weigh in here.
Critics of the CDC's obesity policy, including the food industry advocacy group Center for Consumer Freedom, characterized the news conference as "damage control."

"Until earlier this year the CDC's 24-hour-a-day message was that overweight and obesity kills," said Dan Mindus, a spokesman for the advocacy group.

"Now they're trying to say other things, like improved lifestyles, are important. But really, they just don't want to admit they were wrong," Mindus said.

A local doctor who treats obese patients agrees there is no solid evidence that being overweight, but not obese, causes adverse health problems, like heart disease.

But Dr. Deepa Vasudevan said Gerberding was offering sound advice.

"You have to look at being overweight as a risk factor for getting heavier," said Vasudevan, an associate professor at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
mmmkay. One doughnut won't kill me.
Posted by abnu on Friday, June 03, 2005 @ 12:35 PM [ + ]

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