CBS Plays Food Police, Touts ObamaCare Counting Calories
On Tuesday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Michelle Miller lectured Americans on their diet: "According to Consumer Reports Health, many Americans are simply deluding themselves, most say they eat well but don't....85% of Americans rarely, if ever, count calories. Another 79% never set foot on a scale."
At one point, Miller stopped by a New York City restaurant and warned: "...people have good intentions...but often sabotage themselves." She then harassed one patron eating a salad: "Take a look at this green salad with all that caesar dressing. Don't you think the dressing sort of ruins it for you?" The unidentified man replied: "Well, otherwise I'm not going to be able to eat it."
In wrapping up the report, Miller cheerfully touted a big government solution to the problem: " In an effort to help consumers make educated choices, the new health care reform law will soon require restaurant chains nationwide to post the amount of calories for each offering on its menus." A clip was played of Michael Jacobson from the left-wing Center for Science in the Public Interest: "A lot of people are going to choose lower calorie and probably healthier items."
Miller concluded: "Maybe with this information in front of them, Americans won't be able to fool themselves into thinking they're eating right."
Here is a full transcript of the January 4 segment:
6:42PM ET TEASE:
KATIE COURIC: Up next, 90% of us say we eat healthy, so why can't we fit into our jeans?
6:45PM ET SEGMENT:
COURIC: Safe food is one thing, healthy eating another. In a survey out today, nine in ten Americans describe their diets as healthy. But Michelle Miller reports not so fast.
MICHELLE MILLER: Most people at the grocery store like to think they're filling their baskets with healthy choices.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: I keep away from the cake and the chocolate and, you know, stuff like that.
MILLER: But according to Consumer Reports Health, many Americans are simply deluding themselves, most say they eat well but don't.
KATHERINE BROOKING: The perception does not equal reality at all.
MILLER: Nutritionist Katherine Brooking says many Americans are confused about what healthy eating really means.
BROOKING: People want to be healthy. People want to do the right thing and they don't want to admit how bad things have become
MILLER: 85% of Americans rarely, if ever, count calories. Another 79% never set foot on a scale.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN B: I don't care about calories at all. I eat when I can.
MILLER: Maybe that explains why only 11% of those surveyed say they are very overweight or obese, when the truth is 26% of Americans are.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I feel good when I eat healthy.
MILLER: At this health food restaurant in New York City, people have good intentions.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN C: I just asked them if there was cream in there.
MILLER: But often sabotage themselves. Take a look at this green salad with all that caesar dressing. Don't you think the dressing sort of ruins it for you?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN B: Well, otherwise I'm not going to be able to eat it.
MILLER: When asked which of these items had more calories, the answer surprised people. 75% of Americans thought a glazed doughnut had more calories than a plain bagel. 80% thought 20 M&Ms were higher in calories than an ounce of pretzel sticks. In an effort to help consumers make educated choices, the new health care reform law will soon require restaurant chains nationwide to post the amount of calories for each offering on its menus.
MICHAEL JACOBSON [CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST]: A lot of people are going to choose lower calorie and probably healthier items.
MILLER: Maybe with this information in front of them, Americans won't be able to fool themselves into thinking they're eating right. Michelle Miller, CBS News, New York.
COURIC: And to find out how healthy your diet is, you can go to our partner in health news, webmd.com, and search 'diet.'
— Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here.
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Translation
Submitted by scarebear83 on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 5:45pm.
"A lot of people are going to choose lower calorie and probably healthier items." Translation: "People won't really have a choice because we'll choose what foods go on the menu."Based on what Medical Practitioners
Submitted by texusmc on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 5:46pm.
say a 25 yr old 5ft 5 in 115lb Woman should be 1300-1700 calories a day.
25 yr old 6ft 185 lb Man 2000-2500 calories a day
THAT is the reality. (both work out 3 days a week for at least 30 min)
so 2 eggs (140 cal) with a serving of non fat yougurt (100cal) 3 slices of bacon (300) 2 cups plain black coffee (4 cals) is 544 calories. that is a good "Healthy" breakfast.
still leaves you 1200-1700 calories left to eat in the day jus to MAINTAIN your current weight.
you take a man who is 6 feet tall 275lbs middle aged, working out 3 times a week for 30 min, eating 2000 cal aday and he is losing 1-2lbs a week, over all health fitness is good. but slightly over weight and he will be looked down upon by nutritionist because he is not 185. talk to medical doctors. get a structured healthy menu plan designed for your body type and i can guarantee that it will be very surprising to you. so YES you left wing hack many more people count calories that what you think
I find it offensive for a
Submitted by ant on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 5:45pm.
I find it offensive for a journalist to accuse people's perceptions of not matching reality. Journalist are the most self-deceived group of the lot. And regarding the hassled salad-eater, how did they know he was a Tea-Partier?
how did they know he was a Tea-Partier?
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 9:46am.
Easy, because most folks who are not subsidized by the Gov or work for the media, are
I have a question
Submitted by jdlybrand on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 6:01pm.
If 85% of Americans don't count calories, why is Odummycare going to reqiure chain restaurants to post caloric content of each item they serve on the menu? As the old saying goes, you can lead a horse to water.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
So people can ignore them the
Submitted by Reaver on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 7:33pm.
So people can ignore them the way smokers ignore the surgeon general’s warning on a pack of cigarettes and liberals like Michelle Miller can feel smug.Wide butt on Disney
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 6:35pm.
For those of you with kids, have you seen DuhOtherOne on Disney? Touting health of all things...
-Jon
What really ruined it
Submitted by Model850 on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 7:09pm.
Miller: Don't you think the dressing sort of ruins it for you?
Diner: No, but YOU ruined it sticking it your snotty, elitist nose in my business.
Another 79% never set foot on a scale.
Submitted by Vonu on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 7:26pm.
Like that's going to help.
To think this all started
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 8:23pm.
To think this all started because Michelle is so mental worrying if her own trunk got any bigger, she'd be a frigging station wagon.
Barack_Must_Go.....
makin the nannies choke...
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 8:33pm.
If you haven't checked out the video from the Daily Show that's embedded over at American Thinker, please do. It's not just funny, it's really funny. and best of all.... fat free.
I liked the part about Netflix
Submitted by ckc1227 on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:16pm.
Just goes to show that liberals really are as dumb as a bag of hammers.
Thats good
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:05pm.
Thanks
30 helpings of Arugala a day......
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:46pm.
Is Meechelle counting the calries to a tee or is that backside growing because of too much Arugala?
Sorry, you could show a movie on that booty but it would have to be a Michael Moore or Sean Penn flick....
I eat a salad when I want one and the Ham and cheese omelot I had this morning was also MY IDEA.
F**** these bastards need to be stopped.
if I was the salad guy...
Submitted by Jnoble on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 9:54pm.
..I would have been tempted to smile and then dump the bowl on her head. At which point she'd immediatly throw back to the studio, lettuce and dressing dripping down her face, in humilation.
BHO's salad days
Submitted by sarge329 on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:41pm.
What is happening now is the WH, run by Moochelle, is saying " we will tell you what to eat because we know what is good for you and you don't. We are smarter than you, we are better educated than you, so just shut up and do what we say when we say. We are in charge " . Of course, it won't be phrased quite like that. But, it doesn't matter. The truth is coming little by little. The lies are becoming more and more transparent ( is this what FMR Speaker Pelosi meant? ) as time goes by. Why do you think BHO was playing golf and drinking slurpees on vacation? You better believe Moochelle won't let him have anything good to eat or drink at the WH. She's another control freak disguised as First Lady. Although, there's nothing ladylike about her or Hillbillary. Both of them have to be in charge of EVERYTHING , and if they aren't, everyone within 2000 miles will be miserable for years to come ( kind of like half-life in physics ) . At least, Hillbillary had some experience with national and international affairs.
oh no, food police
Submitted by kangaroo on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:02pm.
If I can't go out and get a big juicy steak smothered in mushroom gravy, with garlic mashed potatoes, a ceaser salad with all the cheese, croutons and dressing. Well bugger ya I will make it at home, every bloody night if I want. and then have chocky cake afterwards
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on"--Thomas Jefferson
They're counting calories?
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:03pm.
Let me help them out. There's a BUTT in DC that may contain sufficient facts to make light bend.
What eever
Submitted by jpk3 on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 12:42am.
When I go out to eat I look for 2 things and 2 things only; what comes with the dish and how much. I'll fly by the calories on the menu like I fly by the salads. The only time I ever looked at ingredients on a food product was after surgery and had to change my diet, lasted almost a month. I look at myself at least once a day in the mirror, I don't need a scale to tell me what I already know. Why do so many young, skinny and healthy people keep dropping dead while some 93yr old guy is still smoking and drinking. One more thing, didn't NY do that already some years ago, so how did that work out.
You know
Submitted by panzerakc on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 4:02am.
My grandmother ate fried eggs and pork sausage every day of her life and lived to be nearly 90 years old.
If I'd been the unfortunate diner that Miller hassled about the dressing on his salad, I'd have asked her if my sticking my salad fork in the back of her hand would have ruined the interview for her.
"CBS Plays Food Police, Touts
Submitted by Cowboy on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 9:34am.
"CBS Plays Food Police, Touts ObamaCare Counting Calories"
But don't dare claim that Obamacare is part of big government takeover of your life...
What Katie forgot to mention
Submitted by joeschmo1 on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 9:46am.
What Katie forgot to mention is that even though a BAGEL has more calories than a handful of M & M's, from a "NUTRITIONAL" standpoint ....the bagel is healthier. It's the TYPE of calories you take in, not the total amount in most cases. Your body needs a certain amount of calories to survive and function properly. It's sad that Ms. Couric couldn't do more research a better inform her (small) viewership.
What's even more sad is that during her commercial breaks she was sipping a 650-calorie cafe mocha-latte from Starbucks and pointing the finger at everyone else. Typical liberal media elitist.