Re: Obituary of woman who popularized food pyramid

The saddest thing about this woman's passing is that you have used her
obituary to further your "starch is evil" agenda. Without a lick of
proof about the cause of how she got her cancer you have assumed it was
from her diet. Since you often make these kinds of wild assumptions,
without any proof whatsoever, it is not surprising, but ridiculous just
the same. Shame on you.

This remarkable woman lived 83 years and achieved many great things in
her long life. We should all do so well.

Kurt

Susan wrote:
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Leaving no sad irony unspared, she died of a cancer made more prevalent
by high starch consumption. :-/


Susan


April 7, 2006 Friday
Valerie J. Nelson


Helen Ullrich, 83; Promoted Nutritional Labels, Helped
Popularize Food Pyramid


By pushing for nutritional information labels on packaged
food and helping to popularize the food pyramid, Helen
Denning Ullrich tried to make it easier for Americans to
develop better eating habits.

Ullrich, who helped establish the field of nutrition
education, died of breast cancer March 19 at her home in
Berkeley, said Patricia Mapps, her longtime neighbor and
friend. Ullrich was 83.

As a primary founder of the Society for Nutrition Education
in 1967, Ullrich helped make the discipline what it is
today, said Pat Crawford, co-director of the Center for
Weight and Health at UC Berkeley.

"She had foresight many years ago when she said, 'Knowledge
isn't everything. We have to look beyond the science, at
education and behavior,' " Crawford said.

In the late 1960s, science had just begun to link nutrition
to chronic disease, which made Ullrich and others see the
need for an organization that could influence the public's
food choices. She ran the society for about a dozen years.

The movement gained ground at the 1969 White House
Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health at which Ullrich
successfully lobbied for several landmark programs. They
included the expansion of food stamp benefits and the
adoption of nutrition facts labels, which began appearing on
food packages in 1974.

"Helen was so effective in the political arena because she
was very good at translating science into everyday language
that people could understand," said Joanne Ikeda, a
nutrition education specialist at UC Berkeley.

At an international conference in 1988, Ullrich introduced a
simple illustration by an Australian colleague that would
become a popular teaching tool for daily dietary needs: the
food pyramid.

In the audience were two members of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture who asked for copies, Ullrich recalled in "The
Nutritionists," a memoir published last year. Four years
later, the USDA introduced the first food guide pyramid.

Among Ullrich's proudest accomplishments was her role in the
passage of the Child Nutrition Act of 1977, which brought
nutrition education to schools.

She was born Nov. 28, 1922, in Berkeley and grew up in
Evanston, Ill. Her father, Stephen Denning, was a dairy
industrialist, and her mother, Margaret, had a degree in
home economics from UC Berkeley.

After Ullrich earned a bachelor's degree in nutrition
science from UC Berkeley in 1944, she completed a master's
in nutrition education at Columbia University.

Her first job was as a food chemist in the Army during World
War II. Later she researched the nutrition content of native
foods at the University of Hawaii and worked as a nutrition
specialist at Pennsylvania State University and UC Berkeley.

At 39, she married Bob Ullrich, a freelance journalist.
After having her only child in 1963, she resigned from UC
Berkeley because the university did not offer maternity
leave.

When her daughter started school, Ullrich returned to the
field, founding the nutrition society and launching its
Journal of Nutrition Education, which she edited from 1968
to 1979.

In retirement, she helped found a food bank in Alameda
County and volunteered at the Berkeley Food Pantry.

After her husband died a few years ago, friends often took
her to fine restaurants. Ullrich was said to make smart food
choices but wasn't above the occasional indulgence.

When presented with a box of See's candy, she allowed
herself two pieces a day.

In addition to her daughter, Louise Myers, of Canton, Ohio,
Ullrich is survived by two grandchildren.

.

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