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Issue Position: Nutrition

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Issues: Agriculture and Food Health and Health Care Food Processing and Sales

Striving towards a physically healthier Cambridge community, Marjorie worked with Dr. Walter Willett, Chair of Harvard's Department of Nutrition, to convene a public hearing to discuss banning Trans Fats in the City. This initial hearing led to action within the city to make Cambridge restaurants (and residents) healthier by banning Trans Fats from their foods (See the Cambridge Chronicle article here). In addition to the Trans Fats, Marjorie is going a step further by working with the City's Public Health Department to get restaurants to post the caloric content of their food items directly on their menus.


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