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General Mills warns of “food shaming"; dietitian influencers promote junk foods and discourage weight loss efforts.

While studies show that food products, consumer habits and awareness have changed, experts say that it can take decades for obesity rates to budge.

Investigations by The Examination, The New York Times and El Universo uncovered food safety lapses that caused hundreds of children to be poisoned by cinnamon that went from Sri Lanka to Ecuador to the United States.

Hundreds of American children were poisoned last year. Records show how, time and again, the contamination went unnoticed across borders.

A federal crackdown on social media ads has prompted nutrition influencers to declare their sponsors.

As taxes aimed at reducing sugary drink consumption have been adopted around the world, health advocates face familiar pushback from the sweetened-beverage industry.

Registered dietitians are being paid to post videos that promote diet soda, sugar and supplements on Instagram and TikTok.

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