MAHA’s ‘Make Our Children Healthy Again’ Guidance Ignores Real Causes of Poor Childhood Health, Experts Say | News Channel 3-12

The MAHA kids’ health report missed an important opportunity on children and non-sugar sweeteners

This week, the Make America Healthy Again Commission released its “Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy” — a national plan to improve the diets and health of U.S. children. While the commission’s May report spotlighted the dangers of added sugars, the new strategy is virtually silent on them. That omission is striking given both a wealth of evidence on sugar’s harms as well as MAHA’s own efforts to curb added sugar consumption — including it…

MAHA’s ‘Make Our Children Healthy Again’ guidance ignores real causes of poor childhood health, experts say

Experts say the latest MAHA report, which focused on children’s health, didn’t include science-backed ways or funding to improve their well-being.

Kennedy's MAHA Report Ignores Key Issues in Child Health

Released earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s much-anticipated report on U.S. children largely mirrors his beliefs. It blames processed food, prescription drugs and vaccines for chronic childhood diseases, and calls for more exercise and healthier food to improve their health. But critics say the so-called “Make America Healthy Again,” or MAHA, report is silent about longstanding healthcare disparities b…