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Statement from FDA Commissioner on New Steps to Advance Health Through Improvements in Nutrition

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D.:

Making healthy choices about diets can have a significant impact on America’s health. When we think about advancing health and reducing the death and disability caused by disease, we often think about our investments in new technology and developing the next breakthrough drug. But the cumulative effect of making smart decisions every day about our diets, when spread over a population, can dwarf the impact of any single new medical product. The most significant impacts against disease are probably going to come from our focus on the public health basics – reducing smoking rates, increasing vaccinations and improving the healthfulness of our dietary choices. When it comes to food, the FDA is going to take new steps to make sure consumers are informed about the health attributes of the foods they eat and allow manufacturers to better compete to develop options that give Americans these opportunities...

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