Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian

There's a major food company who wanted to reduce the calories in their ice cream, so they added air, right? So that per cup, there'd be fewer calories, right? But adding air to food is not going to improve its health, right? No. So, so, so I think that, you know, that's the kind of thing that I worry about.

Yeah. So, so we need to, we need to, but, but the, but the public, I think the biggest thing the public is demanding from their food right now is trust and big food is not trusted and that's a wake up call and that's good that that's a wake up call. And so I think that we don't want to demonize the entire food industry. There's a lot of folks trying to do the right thing.

Yeah. So, so we need to, we need to, but, but the, but the public, I think the biggest thing the public is demanding from their food right now is trust and big food is not trusted and that's a wake up call and that's good that that's a wake up call. And so I think that we don't want to demonize the entire food industry. There's a lot of folks trying to do the right thing.

Yeah. So, so we need to, we need to, but, but the, but the public, I think the biggest thing the public is demanding from their food right now is trust and big food is not trusted and that's a wake up call and that's good that that's a wake up call. And so I think that we don't want to demonize the entire food industry. There's a lot of folks trying to do the right thing.

A lot of graduates from our school at Tufts in the industry trying to help them do the right thing. But we also want to work

A lot of graduates from our school at Tufts in the industry trying to help them do the right thing. But we also want to work

A lot of graduates from our school at Tufts in the industry trying to help them do the right thing. But we also want to work

And this is where, Mark, government has a key role, right? Because if you leave it up to every individual food company to try to fight the system, they're going to go under. If they innovate and the other companies don't, they'll go under. So this is where government has really a role to play to even out the playing field and help these food companies do the right thing.

And this is where, Mark, government has a key role, right? Because if you leave it up to every individual food company to try to fight the system, they're going to go under. If they innovate and the other companies don't, they'll go under. So this is where government has really a role to play to even out the playing field and help these food companies do the right thing.

And this is where, Mark, government has a key role, right? Because if you leave it up to every individual food company to try to fight the system, they're going to go under. If they innovate and the other companies don't, they'll go under. So this is where government has really a role to play to even out the playing field and help these food companies do the right thing.

Well, so you said a lot there. There's a lot of points there. And just what's really interesting, and again, sort of wonderful from a point of view of wanting to study this, is that just like there's no single magic bullet to eating, and nutrition science shows us that you can't just pick one piece of the diet and fix it and everything's fine, the same is true for policy.

Well, so you said a lot there. There's a lot of points there. And just what's really interesting, and again, sort of wonderful from a point of view of wanting to study this, is that just like there's no single magic bullet to eating, and nutrition science shows us that you can't just pick one piece of the diet and fix it and everything's fine, the same is true for policy.

Well, so you said a lot there. There's a lot of points there. And just what's really interesting, and again, sort of wonderful from a point of view of wanting to study this, is that just like there's no single magic bullet to eating, and nutrition science shows us that you can't just pick one piece of the diet and fix it and everything's fine, the same is true for policy.

There's going to be no magic bullet. There's a range of solutions that are needed. I think that taxes and subsidies are pretty crucial, and I'll talk about that in a minute. But I would go back to your comment about subsidies.

There's going to be no magic bullet. There's a range of solutions that are needed. I think that taxes and subsidies are pretty crucial, and I'll talk about that in a minute. But I would go back to your comment about subsidies.

There's going to be no magic bullet. There's a range of solutions that are needed. I think that taxes and subsidies are pretty crucial, and I'll talk about that in a minute. But I would go back to your comment about subsidies.

There's been this sort of popular myth that's kind of urban legend that's spread through the media that somehow there's subsidies to commodities that's making the prices cheaper. And I just want to really say clearly that's totally false, that all U.S. policy for commodities keeps the prices high. The reason, you know, what farmer in the US wants their prices low, right?

There's been this sort of popular myth that's kind of urban legend that's spread through the media that somehow there's subsidies to commodities that's making the prices cheaper. And I just want to really say clearly that's totally false, that all U.S. policy for commodities keeps the prices high. The reason, you know, what farmer in the US wants their prices low, right?

There's been this sort of popular myth that's kind of urban legend that's spread through the media that somehow there's subsidies to commodities that's making the prices cheaper. And I just want to really say clearly that's totally false, that all U.S. policy for commodities keeps the prices high. The reason, you know, what farmer in the US wants their prices low, right?

They all want their prices high. And so sugar is a great example. People say, well, their subsidies, you know, and first, most of the subsidies have turned to crop insurance. Crop insurance gives farmers insurance so that they have a really bad season because of drought or something. They don't go under.