"Smart Choices" may not be so smart
Can you trust a logo on Froot Loops that says the cereal is a smart nutritional choice for shoppers? That's the question being asked about a controversial new food-rating program that says its logo will help people pick better food. Developers of Smart Choices say people won't eat food that doesn't taste good, and critics say junk food is getting a pass. Why don't you weigh in?
Can you trust a logo on Froot Loops that says the cereal is a smart nutritional choice for shoppers? That's the question being asked about a controversial new food-rating program that says its logo will help people pick better food. Developers of Smart Choices say people won't eat food that doesn't taste good, and critics say junk food is getting a pass.
Why don't you weigh in?
Guests:
Michael Hughes, Worked on developing the Smart Choices program, currently vice president of science and public policy, the Keystone Center, a non-profit focused on issues of energy, health and the environment.
Michael Jacobson, Critic of Smart Choices program, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
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