2010, the National Academy of Medicine recommended that the food and beverage industry be required to put nutritional labels that the American people could easily understand on the front of their packages. According to the CDC, the rate of childhood obesity in America has tripled since the 1970s. And from where I'm standing here, the FDA has not responded in any way with the urgency of the crisis. How long does it take to put a bloody label on a product? (00:42–00:51)
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Asserts that childhood obesity rates have tripled since the 1970s.
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