What Should Kids Eat? Ultra-Processed Foods & Children’s Health
Join a virtual conversation and Q&A with leading nutrition experts
Wednesday, Sept. 10
3-4:30
p.m. ET. |
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American kids get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods.
What do we know about the impact on their health?
This back-to-school season, school nutrition is in the spotlight once again. Federal
health officials recently pledged
that the newest edition of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines
will drive “major, dramatic
changes in school food.” This effort is part of a larger, longstanding
debate around the role of “ultra-processed foods” in the American diet.
Ultra-processed foods usually have more added sugars and carbohydrates
and less protein, fiber, and vitamins than unprocessed or minimally processed
foods and are linked to weight gain
and related health problems. Studies suggest that up to 67 percent
of what kids eat in the United States is ultra-processed.
Tune in to explore what we do and don’t know about the impact of ultra-processed
foods on children’s health and get practical advice to support good eating habits for American kids.
This event will be valuable for parents, professionals, and anyone interested in nutrition or nutrition policy.
Speakers will answer questions from the audience.
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Featuring:
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Megan Ranney
(Moderator), Dean, Yale School of Public Health
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Christopher Gardner, Director of Nutrition Studies, Stanford University
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Kevin Hall, Author of Food Intelligence and Former Senior Investigator, National Institutes of Health
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Susan Mayne, Former Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Fatima Cody Stanford, Pediatrician and Professor, Harvard Medical
School; and Member, 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
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APHA is working to
support this National Academy of Medicine webinar and offering continuing
education (CE) credit to participants. |
