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Physicians Announce Lawsuits Against Major Food Companies, Dairy Groups Over False Weight-Loss Claims

Posted on: Thursday, 23 June 2005, 15:00 CDT

News Advisory:

Media Briefing and Teleconference, Tuesday, June 28, 10 a.m.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) will announce two major lawsuits aimed at stopping multi-million-dollar national advertising campaigns by four of the nation's largest food companies and major dairy groups that claim that milk and other dairy products facilitate weight-loss.

WHO:

-- T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. He is the nationally recognized director of the China Diet and Health Study.

-- Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D., senior nutrition scientist, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

-- Dan Kinburn, Esq., senior legal counsel, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

-- Catherine Holmes, plaintiff

-- Mindy Kursban, Esq., executive director and chief legal counsel, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

WHEN: Tuesday, June 28, 10 a.m.

WHERE: National Press Club, First Amendment Room, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Two-way teleconference available. Call 888-243- 1119 to log into media briefing.

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Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, especially good nutrition. PCRM also conducts clinical research studies, opposes unethical human experimentation, and promotes alternatives to animal research.

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Source: U.S. Newswire

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