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Voice of America Mandarin Interviewed Dr. Kirk Dolan
On November 9, 2005, Voice of America Mandarin interviewed Dr. Kirk Dolan, Associate Professor with joint appointment in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, for a fourth time. The topic was obesity. The interview lasted 25 minutes, and was conducted in Mandarin Chinese by conference call from Washington, D.C. to E. Lansing at 6:30AM to allow live call-in from listeners from China.
VOA interviewer Cheng Yang began by asking Dr. Dolan to define what a balanced diet was. Her other questions included, “What is junk food,” “Does jr-high-school cafeteria food provide the necessary nutrition in the US,” “Should children go on diets,” “What are the causes of obesity and can it lead to other diseases,” “What do you think about California’s ban on junk food in vending machines in schools,” “Is junk food tastier than other food,” and “Is organic food more nutritious than non-organic food?” All four callers from China asked questions related to how they can gain weight while maintaining and improving health. Dr. Dolan pointed out that a balanced diet includes eating in moderation foods from all the food groups, and that eating the proper amount of calories and exercising will in most cases help someone maintain proper body weight. He also emphasized the role of parents in training children to make proper food choices. MSU Faculty members Dr. Renfu Lu (Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering), Dr. Lorraine Weatherspoon (Food Science & Human Nutrition), and Dr. Kate Claycombe (Food Science & Human Nutrition) contributed to the answers Dr. Dolan gave.
The Voice of America (VOA) is an international multimedia broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government. VOA Mandarin is the number one international broadcaster in China with three times as many listeners as the second place BBC. The average listening audience of VOA Mandarin is about five million, based on 2002 survey data. VOA Chinese also sends out 17+ million emails every week through the internet.
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