The new proposal will be presented at the Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

In the United States, the majority of packaged foods have a nutrition label printed on them, usually on the back, detailing the food’s precise nutritional contents. Officials of the US Food and Drug Administration have posited that this positioning, as well as the informational density of the nutrition label, make it harder for people to determine whether the things they eat are actually healthy or not. As such, the FDA is working on a proposal to relocate and simplify these labels.

This proposal, which will be presented at the White House’s Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health on Wednesday, is intended to help Americans make healthier food choices, which in turn would improve the general health of the populace. Additionally, this improvement would reflect in the healthcare industry, as it would “shift our health care system away from just treating disease to preventing it,” according to a senior Biden administration official.

The new labels would also feature simplified imagery like stars or traffic lights to easily show their nutritional viability. This is intended “to help consumers, particularly those with lower nutrition literacy, quickly and easily identify foods that are part of a healthy eating pattern,” according to the official.

President Joe Biden has previously expressed hopes to increase physical activity and healthy eating in Americans by the year 2030. If this could be accomplished, then in addition to a generally-improved standard of health for the populace, it would also, ideally, reduce the occurrence of diseases like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.