Opinion: Texas A&M scientists are trying to change our relationship with food | theryansanders
A new institute at Texas A&M University is attempting a "moon shot" - a synergy between agriculture and nutrition that could "change the purpose of food."I didn’t get it right away. I had been talking to some Aggies, including Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, who were citing studies about health care costs and the nutritional value of the food Americans eat. They seemed excited about a new institute that has something to do with agriculture.
“Now, agriculture is expected to support human health, to lower rates of chronic disease, to do it in a way that’s environmentally sensitive, to do it in a way that supports profitability for producers so we don’t keep losing precious land,” Stover said. Those of us who are old enough to remember the four basic food groups realized long ago that meat and bread aren’t necessary for every meal. And as much as we all want Buddy the Elf to be right, his four food groups aren’t healthy either. In 1992, the USDA changed its guidelines from a square to a pyramid, which later became “My Pyramid” in 2005, and “My Plate” in 2011.
On Monday, the institute will announce that it’s hiring Regan Bailey, a nutritional epidemiologist and professor at Purdue University, to lead this part of the IHA.
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