The National Health Federation has awarded its first annual Turkey Award to the person who does the most harm to the health and health freedoms of Americans. Upon reading the American Dietetic Association (ADA) announcement below, the NHF felt that it must voice its outrage, in this case by bestowing upon Senator Dick Durbin the first-ever National Health Federation Turkey Award. It was a difficult choice between Mr. Durbin and the other perennial anti-health-freedom turkey Rep. Henry Waxman, but the ADA's dietetic ignorance tipped the balance.

 

Quoted from the American Dietetic Association Government Affairs Report:

"Senator Durbin Receives Leadership Award

The American Dietetic Association (ADA) has selected Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) to receive their 2006 ADA Public Policy Leadership Award. The Award is presented annually to a member of Congress who has demonstrated outstanding service for food, nutrition and health issues. In conferring the Award, the ADA cited the Senator's legislative support and accomplishments in championing the removal of dietary supplements containing ephedra from the marketplace, and efforts to require dietary supplement makers to report adverse events that result from their products to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

ADA leaders will present the Award to Durbin in Washing-ton at their upcoming Public Policy Workshop. In addition to this Award, according to the campaign fundraising reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the ADA's Political Action Committee (PAC) has contributed at least $20,000 dollars to the Senator's last two political campaigns. This does not include individual contributions from ADA members in Illinois over these years."

Could the ADA be any more fawning?