Information about the Aspen Ideas Festival is here. I am scheduled for a session, The American Wellness Paradox, currently scheduled from 11:00-11:50 a.m., at the East Lawn Tent. This will be a discussion with senior HHS policy advisor, Calley Means. Here’s the blurb on it: “Americans are spending more than ever on healthcare, supplements, wellness trends, and “clean eating,” yet rates of chronic disease and metabolic illness continue to climb. As skepticism fuels the rise of movements like MAHA, debates over what Americans should eat have become deeply cultural, political, and economic. Two influential voices with sharply different perspectives on nutrition and food science explore how food systems, farming practices, consumer culture, and the wellness industry collided to create one of the defining public health debates of our time.”
by Marion Nestle
Dec
21
2017
Defectors from the Grocery Manufacturers Association: the score
Politico is tracking what’s happening to the GMA. The defectors so far:
- Tyson Foods
- Unilever
- Campbell Soup Co.
- Nestlé
- Dean Foods
- Mars
The GMA has consistently and persistently lobbied against consumer-friendly measures. I guess the GMA has become too embarrassing for these corporations or too contrary to the image they want to project.
I can’t wait to see who is next. Stay tuned.
