From sustainability to ultra-processed foods: How dietary advice is shifting globally

International governments are increasingly urging consumers to choose less processed, more environmentally friendly food and beverages. Will the U.S. follow suit?

A blue ceramic bowl sitting on a wood table is filled with an avocado, an egg, radishes, sauteed greens and tomatoes. An avocado and radishes are featured on the table next to the bowl.

Photo by Brooke Lark, courtesy of Unsplash.

Happy Tuesday and welcome to Food Fix! I’m your guest host, Laurie Hainley, vice president of global food and nutrition affairs at FoodMinds, a strategic food and nutrition communications firm that advises food system stakeholders on global food and nutrition policy and science, sustainable food systems and more. 

As someone who’s been immersed in the food policy world for nearly a decade, I’m continually fascinated by the connections between global and domestic food regulations. Today, I’m diving into a foundational nutrition policy that is increasingly informed by cross-border trends: national dietary guidelines. (Disclosure: FoodMinds works with many food and beverage industry members, but today’s article does not represent the views of any of them.)

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