Tradeoffs

RFK Jr. Wants to Change What Americans Eat. He's Not The First


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The fight to improve Americans’ nutrition could get new momentum from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but he will face practical and political limits to changing U.S. food supply if he’s confirmed to lead the Health and Human Services Department.


Guests:

Laura Schmidt, professor at the University of California at San Francisco Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies; Department of Humanities and Social Sciences; and School of Medicine. 

Susan Mayne, former director of the Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 2015-2023; Yale University adjunct professor of epidemiology.

Christina Roberto, director of the Center for Food and Nutrition Policy at the University of Pennsylvania


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