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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN REVIEWEDFOR ACCURACY OR SPELLING. WE WILL BE POSTING THE EDITED VERSION AS SOON ASIT IS AVAILABLE. (Posted on March 10, 2000).11 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE2 In the Matter of: )3 MILLENNIUM LECTURE SERIES )4 SYMPOSIUM ON THE GREAT )5 NUTRITION DEBATE )6 The Jefferson Auditorium7 U.S. Department of Agriculture8 14th Street and9 Independence Avenue, S.W.10 Washington, D.C.11 Thursday,12 February 24, 200013 The above-entitled matter was convened, pursuant14 to notice, at 10:10 a.m.15 BEFORE: CAROLYN O'NEIL, Moderator16 APPEARANCES:17 SHIRLEY WATKINS, Under Secretary for Food,18 Nutrition and Consumer Services19 DAN GLICKMAN, Secretary of Agriculture20 Presentations:21 DR. ROBERT C. ATKINS22 DR. BARRY SEARS23 DR. MORRISON C. BETHEA24 DR. KEITH-THOMAS AYOOB25 DR. DENISE C. BRUNER26 DR. JOHN MCDOUGALL27 DR. DEAN ORNISH
21 C O N T E N T S2 Page3 Opening Remarks:4 SHIRLEY WATKINS, UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 35 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES6 DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE 57 Presentations:8 DR. ROBERT C. ATKINS, 189 AUTHOR OF DR. ATKINS' NEW DIET REVOLUTION10 DR. BARRY SEARS, AUTHOR OF THE ZONE 3511 DR. MORRISON C. BETHEA, 4812 CO-AUTHOR OF SUGAR BUSTERS! CUT SUGAR TO TRIM FAT13 DR. KEITH-THOMAS AYOOB, 6114 ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE15 DR. DENISE C. BRUNER 7016 PRESIDENT, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BARIATRIC PHYSICIANS17 DR. JOHN MCDOUGALL, 7618 CHAIRMAN, "DR. MCDOUGALL'S RIGHT FOODS"19 DR. DEAN ORNISH, 8620 AUTHOR OF EAT MORE, WEIGH LESS21 DR. ERIC WESTMAN, DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER 11122 Closing Remarks:23 DAN GLICKMAN, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE 135
31 P R O C E E D I N G S2 (10:10 a.m.)3 MS. WATKINS: Good morning.4 ALL: Good morning.5 MS. WATKINS: I'm Shirley Watkins, the Under6 Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services here at7 the Department of Agriculture. We're delighted to see all8 of you and look forward to an exciting morning.9 I know we're going to have a lively two or three10 hours. This is going to be a wonderful opportunity for us11 here at the Department of Agriculture, and we hope that you12 will have as much fun as we're going to have during this13 session and even afterwards.14 I know you're perhaps wondering why did the15 Department of Agriculture organize something called The16 Great Nutrition Debate? Well, I'll tell you. This morning17 about 2:30, my usual wake up time, I thought well, we could18 have said The Great Nutrition Conversation, but, anyway,19 it's going to be a conversation that is long overdue.20 The USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion21 sponsored a seminar last year, and it was entitled Why We22 Eat What We Eat. That symposium had followed one we had23 earlier on childhood obesity prevention, and those seminars24 were held right here in this room. The rooms were packed,25 as we had expected, and in the course of the Secretary of
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