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
Mar
13
2025
Healthy drinks for kids: new recommendations
Several groups under the auspices of Healthy Eating Research got together to produce this guide for kids ages 5-18.
To summarize:
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- Drink: water or milk
- Limit: 100% juice (too much sugar), plant-based milk alternatives (except for medical reasons), flavored milk (too much sugar)
- Avoid: beverages with caffeine and other stimulants, sugar-sweetened beverages, beverages with non-sugar sweeteners
Resources
- Press Release
- Consensus Statement [(Spanish) (Vietnamese) (Tagalog)]
- Technical Report
- Summary
- Tips for Families
- Provider Toolkit
Translated Materials
- Consensus Statement [(Spanish) (Vietnamese) (Tagalog)]
- Recommendations Graphic [(Spanish) (Vietnamese) (Tagalog)]
- Added Sugars [(Spanish) (Vietnamese) (Tagalog)]
- Caffeine Facts [(Spanish) (Vietnamese) (Tagalog)]
