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The Trump administration is limiting scientific input to the 2020 dietary guidelines, raising concerns about industry influence over healthy eating recommendations — which will also impact school lunches and food assistance programs: washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…
Several committee members were nominated by industry groups, backed by food industry lobby groups, or put forward by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietitians, which has received funding from McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and Mars. 
We sued the Department of Agriculture after the agency lowered nutritional standards for meals provided to school children to shed light on industry influence over the decision: americanoversight.org/new-lawsuit-se…
