Marion Nestle

Well, first of all, when President Trump tweeted that he was nominating RFK Jr. for this position, he talked about the food industrial complex. I nearly fell off my chair. That sounds like me. I talk about the food industrial complex. And the first thing—

Well, first of all, when President Trump tweeted that he was nominating RFK Jr. for this position, he talked about the food industrial complex. I nearly fell off my chair. That sounds like me. I talk about the food industrial complex. And the first thing—

Well, first of all, when President Trump tweeted that he was nominating RFK Jr. for this position, he talked about the food industrial complex. I nearly fell off my chair. That sounds like me. I talk about the food industrial complex. And the first thing—

that the president did was to appoint this high-level counsel, which is to write a report on the nutritional health of the population and how to prevent chronic disease. And when I read that, I thought, this is so exciting. And my second thought was, wait a minute, I've seen this already. Didn't we already do this? Isn't this exactly what Michelle Obama did? Well, that's what I want to ask you.

that the president did was to appoint this high-level counsel, which is to write a report on the nutritional health of the population and how to prevent chronic disease. And when I read that, I thought, this is so exciting. And my second thought was, wait a minute, I've seen this already. Didn't we already do this? Isn't this exactly what Michelle Obama did? Well, that's what I want to ask you.

that the president did was to appoint this high-level counsel, which is to write a report on the nutritional health of the population and how to prevent chronic disease. And when I read that, I thought, this is so exciting. And my second thought was, wait a minute, I've seen this already. Didn't we already do this? Isn't this exactly what Michelle Obama did? Well, that's what I want to ask you.

Let me first state very clearly that nobody has asked me. I think what you have to do, first of all, is you have to put restrictions on the food industry. You have to stop the food industry from marketing junk foods to kids, ultra-processed if you like. You've got to stop that. Is RFK Jr. going to take on the food industry? I'll believe it when I see it.

Let me first state very clearly that nobody has asked me. I think what you have to do, first of all, is you have to put restrictions on the food industry. You have to stop the food industry from marketing junk foods to kids, ultra-processed if you like. You've got to stop that. Is RFK Jr. going to take on the food industry? I'll believe it when I see it.

Let me first state very clearly that nobody has asked me. I think what you have to do, first of all, is you have to put restrictions on the food industry. You have to stop the food industry from marketing junk foods to kids, ultra-processed if you like. You've got to stop that. Is RFK Jr. going to take on the food industry? I'll believe it when I see it.

When Michelle Obama attempted to do even much, much less than this just to get food companies to voluntarily stop marketing junk foods to kids, the pushback on it was extraordinary from exactly the people who are for it now. Well, I'm glad times have changed. I want to see them do something.

When Michelle Obama attempted to do even much, much less than this just to get food companies to voluntarily stop marketing junk foods to kids, the pushback on it was extraordinary from exactly the people who are for it now. Well, I'm glad times have changed. I want to see them do something.

When Michelle Obama attempted to do even much, much less than this just to get food companies to voluntarily stop marketing junk foods to kids, the pushback on it was extraordinary from exactly the people who are for it now. Well, I'm glad times have changed. I want to see them do something.

You have to understand the background of this a little bit, and that is that a professor of public health in Brazil, Carlos Monteiro, devised this concept in 2009, and he divided foods into four categories, unprocessed or minimally processed foods like corn on the cob or apples or... you know, things that you just eat. A second category was processed culinary ingredients.

You have to understand the background of this a little bit, and that is that a professor of public health in Brazil, Carlos Monteiro, devised this concept in 2009, and he divided foods into four categories, unprocessed or minimally processed foods like corn on the cob or apples or... you know, things that you just eat. A second category was processed culinary ingredients.

You have to understand the background of this a little bit, and that is that a professor of public health in Brazil, Carlos Monteiro, devised this concept in 2009, and he divided foods into four categories, unprocessed or minimally processed foods like corn on the cob or apples or... you know, things that you just eat. A second category was processed culinary ingredients.

And by that, he means salt, sugars, salad oils, vinegar, the kinds of things that you cook with. And then the third category is processed foods, things that are frozen, foods that have been packaged, foods that have been cut and processed in some way. But they're really pretty simple. The fourth category is different. These are foods that have been industrially processed.

And by that, he means salt, sugars, salad oils, vinegar, the kinds of things that you cook with. And then the third category is processed foods, things that are frozen, foods that have been packaged, foods that have been cut and processed in some way. But they're really pretty simple. The fourth category is different. These are foods that have been industrially processed.

And by that, he means salt, sugars, salad oils, vinegar, the kinds of things that you cook with. And then the third category is processed foods, things that are frozen, foods that have been packaged, foods that have been cut and processed in some way. But they're really pretty simple. The fourth category is different. These are foods that have been industrially processed.

The operating definition is you can't make them in your home kitchen.

The operating definition is you can't make them in your home kitchen.