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The MAHA plan calls for better nutrition and medical advertising oversight while omitting direct limits on ultra-processed foods and pesticides, reflecting industry influence.
- On Tuesday, U.S. officials introduced a detailed 20-page strategy aimed at addressing chronic diseases, with an emphasis on improving nutrition, enhancing oversight of medical advertising, and promoting fertility initiatives.
- The plan notably omits Kennedy's previous priorities of restricting ultra-processed foods and pesticides, surprising given the administration's prior emphasis on these issues.
- Critics condemned Kennedy's remarks linking video games and psychiatric drugs to mass shootings, citing studies showing no causation and emphasizing gun access as the main problem.
- Experts noted mass shootings occur every 23 hours, that most teen shooters lacked psychiatric prescriptions, and Robert E. Kelly said asking random people why shootings occur is unhelpful.
- The omissions in the plan signal a win for food and agriculture industries while calls for more research and clearer policies on children's health continue amid public skepticism.
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Donald Trump's administration announced on Tuesday its strategy to combat chronic diseases affecting young Americans, such as obesity and diabetes, offering a plethora of avenues to combat, among other things, junk food, while keeping the food industry largely healthy.
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US unveils new health plan avoiding curbs on junk food, pesticides
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday unveiled the Trump administration's long-awaited plan to tackle chronic disease, calling for better nutrition, tighter scrutiny of medical advertising, and even a new push to boost fertility.
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After a month-long delay, the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission’s strategy to address child health was released by the White House on Tuesday – but it offers few concrete proposals and no curbs on ultra-processed food or pesticides. “We are now the sickest country in the world,” said US Health and Human Services (HHS)Secretary […]
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