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I'm not sure I'd hold up nutrition labeling as a success. Feel free to correct if I'm missing some great shift that it caused (I mean this honestly, I haven't
by existencebox 8y ago
I'm not sure I'd hold up nutrition labeling as a success. Feel free to correct if I'm missing some great shift that it caused (I mean this honestly, I haven't been paying much attention) but the biggest impact I see of nutritional labels is e.g. "Non GMO" on like, a can of soda, and "Gluten Free" on a steak. For me as a consumer, nutritional advertising has been diluted into nothing more than yet another set of stickers to be gamed.
(Disclaimer, the actual Nutritional Facts on the back are more useful, but as the endless debate about "what is actually good vs not good" might indicate, it's far from a Source Of Truth, and in many cases can likely be gamed as well. Similarly to how even if a news article lists all their funding sources, an average person probably doesn't care/might still not get much information from it/might still be mislead by crafting of that fact. I don't say this to encourage gatekeepers, but to call out that I'm not sure the current approaches are effectual)
Post-factum-edit: To the downvoters, before this post disappears, at least tell me where I'm wrong. US Obesity rate is through the roof[0]; and while this absolutely has socioeconomic roots, that's the crux of my statement: we're not addressing root causes, and are thus lacking many of the outcomes we'd want.
[0]https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf
- Felz 8y agoI actually did mean the nutrition facts on the back. Edited my post if that was unclear.