Improving access and affordability could be transformative for public health, given that about 88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy. Source: Los Angeles Times share.google/9B5LDo0FDBLkIc…

How to really make America healthy again on.ft.com/3TL16kJ | opinion

In this excerpt from Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight​​​​, author David A. Kessler, MD shares his own firsthand experien… Source: The Bittman Project share.google/8HSjdGoYRQS4Ww…

Visceral fat, insulin resistance, and metabolic dysfunction are driving the chronic disease epidemic—and yet, they're still misunderstood. In this compelling conversation, former FDA commissioner Dr. David Kessler, MD, explains why he believes visceral adiposity is the greatest

🚨Former FDA Comissioner David Kessler has petitioned the FDA to ban refined carbohydrates: sugars and refined starches. These are the real problem with ultra-processed foods, he says👍👍 "The removal of processed refined carbohydrates will prove transformative in protecting the

Former F.D.A. Chief Backs RFK Jr.’s War on Ultraprocessed Food - The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/…

A copy of the petition can be found here (drive.google.com/file/d/1QgiUFz…). The letter to Secretary Kennedy is here (drive.google.com/file/d/1a-z50_…). nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/…

FoodFix bonus edition: David Kessler, who served as FDA commissioner during the H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations, once took on Big Tobacco. Now he’s taking on Big Food. foodfix.co/former-fda-com…

My friend David A. Kessler MD just submitted a groundbreaking petition to the FDA that could transform American health. The same doctor who took down Big Tobacco in the 90s is now taking on Big Food - and this could change everything... 👇

A former FDA chief’s ‘brilliant’ move to test the agency’s commitment to making America healthy - KTVZ ktvz.com/health/cnn-hea…

Great interview with former FDA Commissioner David Kessler on his petition to remove various processed carbohydrates common in ultra-processed foods from the list of ingredients generally recognized as safe (GRAS). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why…

Today on The Gist, former FDA Commissioner David Kessler (David A. Kessler MD) says ultra-processed foods act more like narcotics than nourishment. He joins to discuss his new book Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine—plus why “toxic fat” could be the new tobacco. 🎧 Listen here:

New CFA #Webinar : Join former U.S. FDA Commissioner David Kessler and former #FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods Michael Taylor as they discuss their experience with #GRAS & Ultra-Processed Foods #UPF Register Here: app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/Co…

Are processed foods about to go the way of Big Tobacco? In the 1990s, Dr. David Kessler, then FDA Commissioner, took on the Tobacco industry, reshaping how America viewed cigarettes forever. Now, decades later, he’s set his sights on another target: the addictive refined sugars

David A. Kessler, MD, JD, celebrated physician, lawyer, former FDA commissioner and author, led a lecture at UICOMR on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. His visit was designed to increase knowledge about public health advocacy and its impact on the health care needs of the population.

David A. Kessler MD was FDA Commissioner under Bush and Clinton. He's the reason tobacco companies lost. Now he's filed a petition that could pull ultra-processed food off shelves within months. The legal argument is so simple it's shocking no one has done it before.

The Biology of Weight: Insights from GLP-1 Drugs and Hunter-Gatherers | The People's Pharmacy peoplespharmacy.com/articles/show-…

How America Got Hooked on Ultraprocessed Foods nytimes.com/interactive/20… via @NYTimes

Tell the FDA: Approve Kessler Petition, Rescind GRAS Status for Refined Carbohydrates pirg.org/take-action/te…

A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…