European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday september 28.1989 fast fat fattening foods Here ate the calorie fat and sodium contents of some common fast cods top line shows me Many Mem Dairy amount recommended for Good health. 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The doctors gave their views at a news conference called to promote the american Council on science and health s new consumer guide the facts and myths about coronary heart  they were particularly harsh on recent hard sell Adver Tising by processed foods companies for oat bran and other High fiber foods that the firms claim Are Low in cholesterol. Such food May actually have higher fat Levels than other cereals the doctors said. People arc afraid of their diets and ads play up to that and say some foods arc Good and some bad said or. Robert e. Olson past chairman of the National research Council s food and nutrition Board. There arc no bad foods Only foods that Are eaten in excess like so called junk foods he said. The Overall effect of this advertising is negative and causes fears about diet and cholesterol Levels. Reducing cholesterol Levels is the least effective method in reducing risk of heart Dis ease.". Or. . Rave hold director of world health surveys said cholesterol has become an obsession with the Ameri can Public and blamed it on what he called the medical Industrial Complex a word play on the military Indus trial Complex about which Dwight d. Eisenhower warned the nation when he retired from the presidency. Putting cholesterol in the same category As smoking and hypertension As risk factors in heart disease is like putting a traffic Jaywalker in with to medical maniacs rav Cunnold said. A National Campaign by leading medical groups to per Suade the american Public to get their cholesterol tested and change their diet or possibly take drugs to lower the Levels if it is too High has recently come under attack from several groups. There is a huge financial investment in this cholesterol scare said or. Elizabeth m. Whelan president of the Ash. A publicly funded research organization that do snot accept support from corporations or commercial groups. The obsession of the american Public particularly the elderly with cholesterol is a National  or. Michael do Bakcsy the heart bypass Pioneer said billions of dollars of Public and private funds spent on cholesterol research have failed to demonstrate that High cholesterol Levels Are a serious health Hazard. He said that his own Long term studies on heart bypass patients has failed to show any change in their survival expectations on the basis of  or. Agnes Heinz director of nutria at the Cash and author of the new consumer guide said careful review of current scientific literature indicates the contribution of diet including foods with cholesterol and saturated fat is relatively minor in the causation of coronary heart disease. It is very Clear that cigarette smoking and High blood pressure arc the key factors which Are known to increase the risk of heart disease said Whelan. High scrum cholesterol Levels above 240 should definitely receive the attention of a physical not a diet of oat bran. The Evi Dence of More than three decades Points to the conclusion that dietary changes alone do not reduce the probability of heart  doctors said they were concerned that Small Chil Dren were being tested for cholesterol and put on Low fat diets decades before the build up process begins in arte Ries. The doctors also criticized limitations on the diets of pregnant women and old people citing a possible health Hazard. Calif Law limits fat cholesterol in school lunches Sacramento Calif. A a new California Law sets a limit on the amount of fat allowed in school lunches and was the result of a lawmaker s Shock at the Quality of food served at a school in her District. The Law which goes into effect Jan. I requires the state Board of education to set fat and cholesterol Levels for All school lunches and orders the Board to Force Cali fornia s More than 1,000 school districts to follow the standards. The legislation is aimed at cutting Back on High fat Low food value lunches that often serve As the sole source of a child s daily nourishment. The Bill was signed last week by the governor. I m sad to say that for Many children the school lunch they cat is the most balanced meal they receive All Day said assemblywoman Jackie Spicer author of the Law. This is particularly alarming when that lunch consists of a com dog and later  a group called the Public voice for food and health policy based in washing ton has issued a report that says the Federal government supplies about a third of the food used in More than 24 million lunches served daily at 91,000 schools. The foods include High fat Content items such As ground beef pork luncheon meat Ham butter cheese and eggs. Health authorities generally agree that the daily fat intake for schoolchildren should be no More than 30 percent of total calories. Columbia pictures accepts Sony buyout offer new York a Sony corp. Said wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Columbia pictures entertainmentinc., the huge movie and to production company for $27 a share or about s3 billion. Sony s . Subsidiary Sony Usa inc., said that the tender offer has been approved by Columbia s Board subject to certain conditions and that Sony expects to Complete the acquisition by Early november. Sony said the proposal also has the support of the management of coca cola co., Columbia s largest shareholder at 49 percent. The Deal had been widely rumoured since monday when Columbia disclosed it was in buyout talks with a third party that it refused to identify. Sony earlier wednesday con finned from Tokyo that it had made an of Flor. It is the latest chapter in a wave of consolidation that has swept through the entertainment Industry. There was no immediate confirmation of the Deal from Columbia whose Board was scheduled to meet wednes Day but Sony Usa said in its statement that the tender ofter was approved by the Columbia Board and an option agreement had been signed with coca cola for its 49 per cent slake subject to ratification by the coca cola Board. Coca cola management issued a statement saying it was recommending that its Board approve the option agreement at a meeting next monday. The acquisition of a major film studio extends Sony s Long term strategy of building a total entertainment Busi Ness around the synergy of audio and video hardware and software said Michael Schulhof vice chairman of Sony corp. Of America. Columbia owns two major film studios Columbia Pic Tures and Tri Star pictures but its Box office results have been disappointing in recent years. Among its most recent releases arc ghost busters ii the karate kid part Iii and casualties of  it has been a More impressive Force on television where it has produced or distributed 11 prime Lime series including five new shows. Among its productions Are who s the Boss and designing  Columbia also owns about 820 movie screens in 220 locations and a Library of More than 2,700 films and 23,000 to episodes. In other Media deals Mem a accepted a $ 1.5 billion buyout offer earlier this month from the int cd croup of Australia. Time Warner inc. Is on the verge of completing its acquisition of Warner communications inc., which owns the Warner Bros movie studio and the to production company Lori mar. The giant Media company news corp. Bought 20th Century Fox Ihrck years ago. News reports wednesday indicated movie producer Peter Gubur is expected to replace Victor a. Kaufman As president and chief executive of Columbia if the Sony buyout is approved. Guber who co produced Batman rain Man and Flash dance is considered one of Hollywood s top producers. Efforts urged to improve health of Black americans Washington apr health Secre tary Louis Sullivan said tuesday we must renew our commitment to improving the health of Black americans who Are dying younger than White americans. Sullivan cited a new government report showing life expectancy for Blacks is sever Al years Shorter than for whiles and that Blacks have higher death rates than Whites for infant mortality and for several Dis eases including aids. Even As the lines on almost every Dis ease Chart move toward improvement there is a continuing disparity in the Bur Den of death and illness experienced by Blacks and other minority americans As compared with inc improving health of americans As a whole Sullivan said. We must renew our commitment to close these health  the report of mortality statistics for 1987 by the National Center for health statistics shows that life expectancy at birth Rose slightly from 1986 to reach a record High of 75 years in 1987. Life expectancy for White americans was 7s.6 years but for Blacks it was 69.4 years the same As the previous year according to the report. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome was the 10th leading cause of death for Blacks while it ranked 15th for the . Population Overall in 1987. Of the More than 13,000 aids deaths,65 percent were White males 25 percent were Black males and the remaining 10 per cent were split evenly Between White females and Black  also died Al disproportionately higher rates from other illnesses including kidney disease for which the Black death rate was 2.8 times the rate of the Whit population and diabetes for which the Black death rate was 2.3 times that for Whites according to the report. The rate of infant mortality declined slightly in 1987, to 10.1 infant deaths per 1,000 live births from 10,4 the previous year. The 1987 Rale for Whites dropped from 8.9 to 8.6, while the rate for Blacks declined from 18 to 17,9. The report also shows the drug related death rate for Blacks was More than twice the rate for Whites and the homicide death rate for Blacks was six times that of Whites