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If you lookup the histories of the people making the decisions you’ll see their connections to industry.

The chair of the committee who oversees dietary recommendations is listed as a professor. She got that for filling for retirement as a professor more than a decade ago. Has worked in industry lobbying and funding industry studies prior to gov work. Not an impartial person.

Edit: her LinkedIn is https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-schneeman-ph-d-a99b6829. The Damon institute funds stuff for the yogurt company



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