this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2025
43 points (95.7% liked)

Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related

2446 readers
209 users here now

Health: physical and mental, individual and public.

Discussions, issues, resources, news, everything.

See the pinned post for a long list of other communities dedicated to health or specific diagnoses. The list is continuously updated.

Nothing here shall be taken as medical or any other kind of professional advice.

Commercial advertising is considered spam and not allowed. If you're not sure, contact mods to ask beforehand.

Linked videos without original description context by OP to initiate healthy, constructive discussions will be removed.

Regular rules of lemmy.world apply. Be civil.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
WhoRoger@lemmy.world
RoyalEngineering@lemmy.world
Awa@lemmy.world
43
Public health can’t stop making the same nutrition mistake (www.theatlantic.com)
submitted 1 day ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world
12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

Non-paywall link

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Banning ingredients sounds like a great start.

The US allows all kinds of dangerous bullshit that other countries have banned. Search up the weirdest named ingredient in (American) Cool Ranch Doritos sometime.

I'm tired of being the "even a brain worm survivor can figure this out" apologist.

If I had a nickel for every time I pointed out that RFK Jr liking an idea doesn't automatically make it bad ... Well, I would have ten cents.

But you have to admit it's weird that it has happened twice.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

RFK is a fucking monster. But yeah he's right about a few things. I love his idea of eliminating corn subsidies, but he won't have the power to do that! I still think it will be extremely negative overall to have him in the position.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

I still think it will be extremely negative overall to have him in the position.

Agreed.