… written by industry lobbyists and they reflected the mercantile impulses that had put Fruit Loops at the top of the food pyramid, which is not even a food, really. Yeah, Fruit Loops was at the top [of the food pyramid]. Oh my. Okay. And so we flipped the food pyramid. We brought in the best nutritionists in the country from a dozen universities, medical schools, and we gave a science based food pyramid. (02:12–02:16)
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