RFK Jr.'s Quest to Make Americans Eat Healthier Will Be Costly
Ultra-processed foods have made US diets among the least expensive — and the most unhealthy — in the world. The health secretary wants to change that.
From canola oil to colorful dyes, the US food industry is girding for a shift away from the ingredients that made American diets among the cheapest in the world.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is embracing policies and ideas that curb ultra-processed foods and discourage the use of seed oils, colorings, high-fructose corn syrup and pesticides, all of which he blames for the overall poor health of Americans. The food wing of his Make America Healthy Again agenda got another boost last week with the nomination of Casey Means, a vocal critic of processed foods, as the US surgeon general.