by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., Childrens Health Defense:
The 73-page “Making Our Children Healthy Again” report was presented today at the White House by President Donald Trump, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., key members of the Trump administration and health freedom activists from the MAHA movement. Kennedy called it the “diagnosis,” and said the “prescription” will follow in 100 days.
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Ultraprocessed foods, environmental toxins, the childhood vaccination schedule, overmedicalization, a sedentary lifestyle and corporate lobbying are fueling the chronic disease epidemic in the U.S., particularly among kids, according to a new report by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission.
The “landmark” 73-page report, “Make Our Children Healthy Again,” was presented today at the White House by President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., key members of the Trump administration and health freedom activists from the MAHA movement.
“Today’s children are the sickest generation in American history in terms of chronic disease, and these preventable trends continue to worsen each year, posing a threat to our nation’s health, economy, and military readiness,” the report states, noting that over 40% of U.S. children have at least one chronic health condition.
According to the report, 1 in 31 children are diagnosed with autism by age 8, childhood cancer rates have increased by 40% since 1975 and more than 1 in 5 children over age 6 are obese.
Today’s children are likely to have shorter lifespans than their parents — despite the U.S. spending more than other wealthy nations on healthcare.
Trump cited several of these figures during his Oval Office speech today. “There’s something wrong, and we will not stop until we defeat the chronic disease epidemic in America,” Trump said. “We’re going to get it done for the first time ever.”
Kennedy thanked Trump for his support.
“We’ve been waiting for a president who would stand up and speak on behalf of the health of the American people and say there is no difference between good economic policy, good environmental policy, good public health policy and good industrial policy,” Kennedy said. “We can have all of them.”
Kennedy told Reuters the report is a “clarion call to do something with utmost urgency” to end the “alarming” increase in chronic conditions.
Mary Holland, CEO of Children’s Health Defense (CHD), was at the Oval Office event, calling it “tremendously inspiring” and “historic.”
“It looks like the whole government is really now engaged to reverse the chronic health disease epidemic among American children. CHD was Secretary Kennedy’s launching pad. We have much to be proud of, but there’s much work ahead,” Holland said.
According to the report, the federal government will launch “a coordinated transformation of our food, health, and scientific systems” based on its findings.
Sayer Ji, co-founder of Stand for Health Freedom, also attended the Oval Office event. He said the report “affirms everything many of us have felt in our bones: that food, movement, sleep and love are the true foundations of health — not pharmaceuticals, not digital escapes and not toxic convenience.”
RFK Jr.: Today’s report a ‘diagnosis, the prescription comes in 100 days’
The report — an outcome of a February executive order by Trump establishing the MAHA Commission — is “the first step of the administration’s plan” to address the chronic disease epidemic, CNN reported.
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