Growing up, watching him and seeing him with that powerful memorial to his sister was really touching. Tell us about that ad and what you hope its impact will be. The dietary guidelines were driven by mercantile impulses that put Fruit Loops at the top of the food pyramid. It's not food. It was happening. There was nothing nutritious in that. But it was happening because of agency capture, because USDA and FDA had been captured by the industries that they were supposed to replace, regulate. (14:24–14:46)
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Asserts that commercial interests influenced dietary guidelines to favor products like Fruit Loops.
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