[syl_sau]

Some people here seem to be upset. I don't get it.

More than 40% of US adults are obese. The rates of chronic diseases are through the roof. There's obviously a systemic problem in these institutions who are tasked with the well-being of the country. We know of many fraud in social sciences (ever heard of priming research?), medical science (eg. alzheimer researchs) and nutritional science (eg. saturated fats). In fact I'd argue it has become systemically untrustworthy. Robert Kennedy Jr vowed for: (a) dedicating 20% of science funding to replication studies, (b) systemic publication of peer reviews alongside papers, (c) publication of null results. Which seems like a very good improvement over what we have now. The field is in dire need of a reform.

Am I missing something?

PS: I am not from the USA.

[shortrounddev2]

Do you believe that it is the responsibility of the NIH to decide what Americans eat?

[macleginn]

Some governments are definitely in the business of advising people what they should eat and shielding them from harmful ads (cf. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10453145/ and https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s1291...).

[shortrounddev2]

Yes but do you believe that that is what the NIH specifically does? Because that's what the FDA and USDA are supposed to do

[tootie]

RFK believes in things that are provably false and you seemingly believe things without evidence either. Our institutions cause obesity? Who keeps refusing protect the environment? Who refused to directly address the COVID crisis when it was starting and pedalled fake cures. Effective policy is hard to get right but the Trump admin are immeasurably worse than the alternatives.

[jccalhoun]

Assuming all these things are true, RFKjr is not qualified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.#Anti-vac...

[nixpulvis]

Yes, let's blame scientists for obesity. Not the fact that most of our society has been built around fatty foods and cars to get everywhere.

Where are these scientists arguing for that?!

Hell, science has been wrong on a number of health issues. But diet and exercise has been a staple of good health science for as long as I can remember.

Your blaming the wrong institutions.