Nina Teicholz, author of New York Times bestseller The Big Fat Surprise, asserts that the bias against meat had its origins in a 1961 report from the American Heart Association advising against saturated fats, and that it gained momentum from the sustainability argument in the 1970s. Author Calls Dietary Guidelines Unconscionable Nina Teicholz, author of New York Times bestseller The Big Fat Surprise, was in Lincoln, Nebraska this week speaking at the American Meat Science Association conference. She noted that the first Dietary Guidelines Report from the federal government was published in 1980 and "that is the date the obesity epidemic in America really took off." According to Teicholz, Americans have been told they are "lazy and glutto...

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