In February’s major health and nutrition industry news, Elon Musk and the Trump administration froze the US Agency for International Development (USAID), while proposing a US$230 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). At the same time, researchers revealed the role of women’s groups in establishing nutrition security, a survey found that “healthy” food labels may negatively impact purchases, and a study found a paradox of protein consumption in India.