Press Releases (page 31)

Stonewalling: Why Won’t The CDC Endorse New Obesity Deaths Figure?

Washington, DC – Leaders at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were criticized by The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) today for playing politics over obesity. The nation’s leading…
Posted April 20, 2005 at 12:00 am

New JAMA Study Challenges CDC’s 400,000 Obesity Deaths Figure

A new study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published in JAMA concludes that obesity kills 112,000 Americans…
Posted April 19, 2005 at 12:00 am

What Do Alec Baldwin and 95% of the Members of the “Physicians Committee” Have in Common?

Washington, DC – It’s true. Despite its attempt to portray itself as a mainstream medical charity, the animal-rights-oriented Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) acknowledges that its membership is almost…
Posted April 15, 2005 at 12:00 am

“Physicians Committee” Awards Leader of Terror-Funding Foundation

Washington, DC – Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) president Neal Barnard announced last week that Nanci Alexander—ex-wife of Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander—would receive his group’s first “Art of…
Posted April 14, 2005 at 12:00 am

Physicians Committee for “Responsible” Medicine: 20 Years of Opposing Life-Saving Medical Research

Washington, DC – 50 years ago, the world celebrated the advent of an effective polio vaccine. But had the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) existed in 1955, it…
Posted April 13, 2005 at 12:00 am

CCF Available for Comment on 20th Anniversary of “Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine”

Washington, DC – The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) today “congratulated” the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) on its 20th anniversary. No other organization financed by animal-rights supporters has…
Posted April 11, 2005 at 12:00 am

Senator Harkin Barkin’ up the Wrong Tree

Washington, DC – Senator Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) efforts to ban food advertising to children is the latest example of how policymakers are taking misguided approaches to address obesity. Despite the…
Posted March 16, 2005 at 12:00 am

Dairy-Bashing “Physicians Committee” Is an Animal Rights Group

Washington, DC – This week the journal Pediatrics published an anti-dairy “review article” from the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), an animal rights group masquerading as a medical…
Posted March 7, 2005 at 12:00 am

NFL: National Fatties League?

Washington, DC – If someone claimed that the majority of the NFL’s defensive linemen were a bit heavy, few of us would be shocked. At the same time, most of…
Posted March 2, 2005 at 12:00 am

The 4th Annual “Tarnished Halo” Awards

Washington, DC – The Grammys, Golden Globes, and Oscars may be over, but the curtain hasn’t quite closed on this year’s awards season. The Center for Consumer Freedom has announced…
Posted March 1, 2005 at 12:00 am