Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian

And there were some toys that were really safe. Or you walked into a building and, or you went to buy a house and some houses met earthquake standards and fire standards and electrical standards and plumbing standards. Others didn't at all, not even close. And some houses were kind of in between some things were met or other things were not met or teachers in school.

And there were some toys that were really safe. Or you walked into a building and, or you went to buy a house and some houses met earthquake standards and fire standards and electrical standards and plumbing standards. Others didn't at all, not even close. And some houses were kind of in between some things were met or other things were not met or teachers in school.

Some teachers, you know, were, were safe, you know, and were good for the teachers and others were known. Everyone knew the teachers were dangerous for the, for the children in different, different ways. Yeah. we would never leave it up to the individual family or the individual person to deal with that mess, right? We would say, this is outrageous, right?

Some teachers, you know, were, were safe, you know, and were good for the teachers and others were known. Everyone knew the teachers were dangerous for the, for the children in different, different ways. Yeah. we would never leave it up to the individual family or the individual person to deal with that mess, right? We would say, this is outrageous, right?

Some teachers, you know, were, were safe, you know, and were good for the teachers and others were known. Everyone knew the teachers were dangerous for the, for the children in different, different ways. Yeah. we would never leave it up to the individual family or the individual person to deal with that mess, right? We would say, this is outrageous, right?

We want safe toys, safe cars, safe homes, some minimum standards, right? And yet in food, it's the only system where we sort of say, well, it's up to the individual person. We need education. We need labeling. We need dietary guidelines. We just need to leave it up to the person and just not do anything else. And I think, again, that's

We want safe toys, safe cars, safe homes, some minimum standards, right? And yet in food, it's the only system where we sort of say, well, it's up to the individual person. We need education. We need labeling. We need dietary guidelines. We just need to leave it up to the person and just not do anything else. And I think, again, that's

We want safe toys, safe cars, safe homes, some minimum standards, right? And yet in food, it's the only system where we sort of say, well, it's up to the individual person. We need education. We need labeling. We need dietary guidelines. We just need to leave it up to the person and just not do anything else. And I think, again, that's

That's, to me, kind of the craziest thing about our policy approach so far is that it's all up to the individual consumer. And so, of course, we need to keep choice, and there's a range of foods that people should be able to choose from, but all of them should be reasonably safe.

That's, to me, kind of the craziest thing about our policy approach so far is that it's all up to the individual consumer. And so, of course, we need to keep choice, and there's a range of foods that people should be able to choose from, but all of them should be reasonably safe.

That's, to me, kind of the craziest thing about our policy approach so far is that it's all up to the individual consumer. And so, of course, we need to keep choice, and there's a range of foods that people should be able to choose from, but all of them should be reasonably safe.

Well, yeah, I get asked about my thoughts on the role of the food industry a lot. And it's like everything else. It's complicated. It's not straightforward. So first, I have to say that the food industry has followed and continues to follow a lot of the really harmful and

Well, yeah, I get asked about my thoughts on the role of the food industry a lot. And it's like everything else. It's complicated. It's not straightforward. So first, I have to say that the food industry has followed and continues to follow a lot of the really harmful and

Well, yeah, I get asked about my thoughts on the role of the food industry a lot. And it's like everything else. It's complicated. It's not straightforward. So first, I have to say that the food industry has followed and continues to follow a lot of the really harmful and

unwelcome playbook of tobacco, where it's about deception, denial, attacking the scientists, hardball lobbying, softball buying of influence, a lot of the same tactics. But I think at the end of the day, you know, the analogy to tobacco only goes so far. And many of those examples are actually around soda and big soda. There are still present for other foods, but it's really about Big Soda.

unwelcome playbook of tobacco, where it's about deception, denial, attacking the scientists, hardball lobbying, softball buying of influence, a lot of the same tactics. But I think at the end of the day, you know, the analogy to tobacco only goes so far. And many of those examples are actually around soda and big soda. There are still present for other foods, but it's really about Big Soda.

unwelcome playbook of tobacco, where it's about deception, denial, attacking the scientists, hardball lobbying, softball buying of influence, a lot of the same tactics. But I think at the end of the day, you know, the analogy to tobacco only goes so far. And many of those examples are actually around soda and big soda. There are still present for other foods, but it's really about Big Soda.

But I think the analogy with tobacco only goes so far for a few reasons. First, the food company is incredibly diverse and heterogeneous. There's thousands of companies with thousands of products compared to tobacco. Second, I think that with tobacco, it's a fight to the death. Whereas with food, we need the food industry. We need their scale. We need their expertise. We need their technology.

But I think the analogy with tobacco only goes so far for a few reasons. First, the food company is incredibly diverse and heterogeneous. There's thousands of companies with thousands of products compared to tobacco. Second, I think that with tobacco, it's a fight to the death. Whereas with food, we need the food industry. We need their scale. We need their expertise. We need their technology.

But I think the analogy with tobacco only goes so far for a few reasons. First, the food company is incredibly diverse and heterogeneous. There's thousands of companies with thousands of products compared to tobacco. Second, I think that with tobacco, it's a fight to the death. Whereas with food, we need the food industry. We need their scale. We need their expertise. We need their technology.