Trans(fats)lator

AITOOW thinks one of the reasons Americans are so unhealthy is the metric system? They put all these measurements on the label (probably to purposely confuse us) in weights and measures that we don't use. How much is a milligram? Why is it not even in grams? Isn't it bad enough they use recipes that are in spoons? It's a conspiracy to keep us uninformed or to force us to learn metrics. I don't which is more pernicious.