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TC - 04 Mar 2005 21:40 GMT

Dean Ornish, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of
California, San Francisco. Founder, president and director, Preventive
Medicine Research Institute, Sausalito, CA. Consultant to McDonald's,
PepsiCo, and ConAgra Foods. (Beil, Laura. Eyes on the Fries, Dallas
Morning News, 1/24/2005; Severson, Kim, Warner, Melanie. Fat
Substitute, Once Praised, Is Pushed Out of the Kitchen, New York Times,
2/13/05, p.1). Research supported by The Enron Foundation, Continental
Airlines, Credit Suisse First Boston Foundation, Corporate Property
Investors, Texas Commerce Bank Foundation, and Arthur Andersen & Co.
(JAMA. 1998;280:2001-7.) Received consulting fees and honoraria from
ConAgra Foods. (JAMA. 1998;279:1345-6.) Received lecture honoraria and
wrote general-interest books on diet and lifestyle, for which he
received royalties. (JAMA. 1998;279:1345-6.)

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John Que - 18 Mar 2005 03:18 GMT

> Dean Ornish, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of
> California, San Francisco. Founder, president and director, Preventive
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> TC

I wonder whether Ornish's message the figurative cart or the horse?
Clearly some like his message or at least prefer it to alternative
views.

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