The FDA cut nearly 700 staff, gutting food safety teams reviewing additives and contamination risks. Former Deputy Commissioner Jim Jones resigned in protest. Some staff are being rehired, but oversight remains uncertain. Will food safety weaken or improve? #FDA #MAHA

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🍕 New USDA findings from What We Eat in America show pizza makes up 1/4 of daily calories for pizza eaters—32% for teen boys! 📊 See trends in U.S. diets—from sugary drinks 🧃🧋 to veggies 🥦 and more: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK587... #NutritionData #USDA #NHANES #HealthyEating #FoodTrends

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) currently spends 20% of its budget ($23 billion annually) on junk food. The Healthy SNAP Act proposes phasing out soda and promoting fruits and vegetables, preventing 90,000+ cardiovascular disease events and $4.33 billion in annual healthcare costs.

Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating
Why are ultra-processed foods so addictive? Dr. Chris van Tulleken investigates how these foods are engineered to keep us hooked—and the growing evidence linking them to serious health risks. Can we change our food environment?

Now on BBC

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Can Reviving Antitrust Laws Fix Food Deserts?

The FTC is enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act after decades of dormancy, targeting unfair pricing that hurts small grocers.

Could this reduce food deserts and restore fairness in America’s food system?

Read the full story: www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

Is the FDA Redefining Healthy?
The FDA’s new “healthy” rule requires foods to include nutrient-rich ingredients (like fruits, vegetables, or whole grains) and meet strict limits for sugar, sodium, and saturated fat. Kids’ sugary cereals? Out.

Will these updates improve America’s food environment?

Is the FDA Redefining What’s Healthy?

The FDA updated its 'healthy' label rules for the first time in 30 years. Whole foods like fruits and grains are prioritized, while added sugars and fats face new limits. Will these updates improve America’s food environment?

Info: www.fda.gov/food/hfp-con...

Meet NOURISH founder Laura A. Schmidt (UCSF), an economic sociologist and translational scientist. Her lab advances nutrition science and population health to reduce health disparities linked to race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

In: www.linkedin.com/in/lauraschm...

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NOURISH can improve the lives of 13.5M Americans by using market mechanisms to boost nutrition security, helping reduce $1.145T in healthcare costs linked to nutrition-related cardiometabolic diseases.

#freshfood #AI #BusinessGrowth #localfood #foodaccess #smallbusinesses

Website: nourish.ucsf.edu

Meet our team. We are scientists and collaborators who have united to help solve the nation’s food security crisis. NOURISH equips small business owners (existing or aspiring) with the resources they need to provide healthy, sustainable food for people. nourish.ucsf.edu
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Have you heard of "food deserts"? Approximately 24 million Americans live in food deserts where ultra-processed foods are abundant, yet fresh food is scarce.

NOURISH will help small businesses create self-sustaining communities where fresh food can be on every table, every day.

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This milestone means NOURISH has the resources to support development of tools for entrepreneurship and fresh food-related small businesses, making affordable fresh food available where it's needed most.

Find more information on our website: nourish.ucsf.edu
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