Most Americans have a pretty good idea of which foods are healthy

The New York Times has conducted a study of US nutrition experts and the wider population, comparing their opinions on how healthy some of the most popular foods are. Though the Times article focuses on the disagreements between the two groups, what stands out to me is that there’s a broad consensus on a number of US diet mainstays.

Are pizza, beer, and diet soda good for your health or not? More than four fifths of the general respondents believe those food items to be unhealthy, though there’s a small silver lining in that the experts actually rated that trio a bit more highly. Still, everyone’s more or less on the same page about those, and about bacon, ice cream, french fries, and chocolate chip cookies — all are in the naughty...