Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unambiguous when he took the podium at the White House last week to unveil the Trump administration's radical new dietary guidelines: 'Today our government declares war on added sugar.'
What emerged was a food pyramid fundamentally transformed, with protein, dairy and healthy fats elevated to prominence and sugar relegated to pariah status. Yet buried within these sweeping pronouncements lay a directive that has left American parents scrambling: do not allow your children any added sugar whatsoever until they turn 10 years old. Or, according to the most stringent recommendations, until they reach 11.
