Summary
Efforts to improve Americans’ diets, including the FDA’s new “healthy” labeling guidelines, have minimal impact, with only 0-0.4% of people expected to change habits.
Surveys show Americans want to eat healthier, but with over 70% of U.S. adults overweight, many fail.
While giving consumers more information about food seems logical, real-world results show it rarely changes eating habits. Factors like taste, price, and convenience outweigh health concerns.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plans focus on banning ingredients and subsidies face major legal and systemic challenges.
Addressing affordability and access is critical for progress.
It doesn’t help that most apple juice aimed at kids has added sugar on top of the natural sugars.
Kids grow fast so their brain and body are screaming for more sugar. Juice is fucking terrible for everyone, especially the ones with added sugar. We aren’t hairless savanna apes anymore (well we are but that’s a different conversation), but our brains are still the same.