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The food and beverage industry, Food and Drug Administration and Congress all came under attack at a Senate hearing Thursday that focused on the epidemic of obesity and chronic disease in the U.S., which FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said is in the “unfortunate position” of having “the lowest life expectancy among large, high-income countries."

The food industry is preparing to engage with the incoming Trump administration by presenting itself as an ally in some of the “Make America Healthy Again” ideals like nutrition transparency and improving health outcomes.

Preventable diseases resulting from dietary choices serve as a wake-up call to make policy changes and integrate a greater level of clinician and primary care education on the role of nutrition and "food is medicine" interventions, according to a new bipartisan report on improving health care through nutrition.