Biden Admin Appoints Doctor Who Claims Obesity Is Mostly Genetic to Dietary Guidelines Committee

President Joe Biden’s administration appointed Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, who claimed obesity was mostly genetic and not primarily driven by diet or exercise, to the Biden administration’s 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.

Stanford is one of 20 doctors appointed to the committee, which will examine the relationship between diet and health through a “health equity lens,” factoring in socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity and culture, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) website, and provide recommendations to the USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She has claimed that doctors largely do not understand obesity and that many patients can’t simply lose weight through improved diet and exercise.

“The number one cause of obesity is genetics,” Stanford said on CBS’s “60 Minutes” Jan. 1. “That means if you were born to parents that have obesity, you have a 50-85% likelihood of having the disease yourself even with optimal diet, exercise, sleep management, stress management.” . . .

Thanks to the @USDA and @HHSGov for naming me to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The importance of #diverse perspectives in shaping the #nutrition #health pic.twitter.com/dg5BwhP3FU

— Fatima Cody Stanford MD MPH MPA MBA FAAP FACP FAHA (@askdrfatima) January 20, 2023

As part of her work on the committee, Stanford will provide recommendations to HHS and USDA that inform federal dietary programs and nutrition programs, as well as dietary education. (Read more from “Biden Admin Appoints Doctor Who Claims Obesity Is Mostly Genetic to Dietary Guidelines Committee” HERE)

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