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2 Health & FitnessTuesday, April 12198(8 Fat coosy mptioon is stall too high, paonel ay From Associated Press reports WASHINGTON Americans are eating too much animal fat and government regulations make it difficult for the food industry to market leaner and more healthful meats and dairy products, a scientific panel said last week. Although consumption of animal fat has gone down, many Americans still are eating their way to poor health with too much cholesterol, fatty acids and salt, and not enough foods that provide the needed calcium and iron said a report on a two-and-a-half year study by a committee of the National Research Council. The nutrition-related health prob lems experienced by a large segment of the U.S. population today arise from overconsumption of fat, satu rated fatty acids, and cholesterol," the report said. For other Americans, the report added, dietary problems center on not getting enough calories, iron or calcium. Overall, the report said, "The incidence of nutrition-related health problems is significant, affect ing either directly or indirectly nearly every American family." Among the diet-related health problems cited: About 34 million Americans are overweight. Nearly a million adults die annually of cardiovascular disease that may be related to the consump tion of high-cholesterol foods. Osteoporosis, a disease in which calcium is leached from bone, strikes 15 to 20 million adults. Between 8 million and 12 million children are hungry because of inadequate diets. Iron deficiency is the most common form of childhood anemia. The chairman of the panel, David Call of Cornell University, told reporters that animal products are a "mixed blessing nutritionally" in the American diet. "In our food supply, they (animal products) provide about 36 percent of certain nutrients," he said. "At the same time, however, animal products contribute more than half of the total fat, nearly three fourths of the saturated fatty acids and all of the dietary cholesterol." The study said the present system of government regulations in the meat industry tends to put more animal fat on American tables. "The present grading system for retail meats is not only costly and inefficient, but it encourages the overfattening of beef and lamb," the report said. "Trimming of fat at slaughter or at purchase is only a partial, short-term response. The real solution lies in the production of leaner animals." A change in some government regulations, along with education of consumers and technological advan ces by manufacturers of animal food products could correct the problems relatively quickly, said committee member Timothy Hammonds of the supermarket industry's Food Mar keting Institute. "In the future, the consumers could have it all," with more healthful meats and dairy products that provide the needed nutrition without excess fats and cholesterol, Hammonds said. The key, he said, is changes in the government regulations that would provide an economic incentive to producers to change their products. Among the changes recommended: B Permitting packers to trim fat from animal carcasses at the slaughter plant, a system called "hot fat trimming." Producers would there- BIKE YOUR WAY TO FITNESS! Mountain Bike Special Diamond Back 18-speed with Click Shifting Reg.34995 $26995 Racing Bike Special Cannondale Aluminum Frame - 21 lbs. Reg. 50000 $35900 Tune Up Special Reg. 2950 S1950 THE CLEAN MACHINE Qinro 1 071 ,itrZy SALES SERVICE REPAIRS 104 w- Main st Carrboro 957-51 04 (Across from Wendy's on C Busline) Mon.-Sat 9-6 1 MM . 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