This article in the New York Times describes the falling sales of Domino's Pizza and the USDA's subsequent push for greater cheese consumption in America.
Despite cheese being loaded with saturated fat and calories, the USDA has pushed cheese in order to help out Dairy Management and the slew of restaurants that purchase from it. While Michelle Obama is seeking to combat American obesity, private interests are continuing to take the precedence over what is true and beneficial to the health of the American public.
This appears to be an excellent example of a government agency having it's legitimacy tarnished by the behavioral issue of regulated industry.
Another article on this topic can be found in the Opinion section of the Indiana Daily Student:
This is a great example! Dairy products are not meant to be even processed by our bodies, but most of them also carry many vitamins and other good things for us. If Michelle Obama is trying to tackle obesity she should not be focusing on dairy products, there are many worse problems contributing to obesity. At the end of the day, you only live once, live it up.
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