The Trump administration took aim at “Big Food,” Bayer (BAYRY), Facebook (META), and other companies in its report on children’s health, blaming poor diet, chemicals, and social media for chronic disease in the country, Patrick Temple-West of The Financial Times reports. In the report, the White House’s “Make America Healthy Again” commission cited food, medical, and environmental factors that could lead to developmental problems in children. Publicly traded food companies include PepsiCo (PEP), Kraft (KHC), Campbell (CPB), General Mills (GIS), Conagra (CAG), Kellanova (K), WK Kellogg (KLG), Hershey (HSY) and Mondelez (MDLZ). Other publicly traded chemical companies include BASF (BASFY) and Corteva (CTVA).
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