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Snack foods sit on a table with the presidential seal in the background. Snacks include: ice cream, wheat thins, oreos, doritos, tostitos, etc.

Screenshot of official White House video. Photo courtesy of the Biden administration.

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to Food Fix! I hope you’ve all recovered from that nail-biter of a Super Bowl. In terms of food and beverage ads, the spot from Dunkin’ seems to be the one everyone is still talking about. It’s certainly clever, but I couldn’t help but wonder if Tom Brady now consumes coffee or refined sugar – two of the things Dunkin’ quite literally runs on. 

Popular last week: Happy to report that far and away the most popular link last week was Tracy Chapman’s amazing Grammys performance. Second most clicked: This JAMA Pediatrics commentary on how food insecurity is a source of toxic stress. 

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