"The meeting's purpose was to discuss the future of health in the United States. Organizers called it the MAHA Summit, referring to US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's signature 'Make America Healthy Again' movement. Attendees included Kennedy, US vice-president JD Vance, NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya, US Food and Drug Administration chief Marty Makary and the food activist Vani Hari, who blogs under the name 'Food Babe'."
"The conference showcased the influence of the MAHA movement, whose supporters say there is a chronic-disease epidemic in the United States that they blame in part on corruption in the food and pharmaceutical industries. To combat this epidemic, supporters advocate lifestyle choices, such as improving sleep and taking dietary supplements. The movement has ascended rapidly from a loose network of Kennedy supporters into a political force that Vance, speaking at the summit, called "a critical part of our success in Washington"."
An exclusive Washington DC summit gathered social-media influencers, anti-ageing entrepreneurs, corporate representatives and senior US officials to debate the future of health. Sessions addressed psychedelics, brain implants and anti-ageing therapies, and academic researchers and clinicians were largely absent. The MAHA movement frames a chronic-disease epidemic as partly caused by corruption in food and pharmaceutical industries and promotes lifestyle interventions such as improved sleep and dietary supplements. The movement has rapidly expanded into an influential political force and attracted praise from former public-health leaders and engagement from major corporations and biotechnology firms.
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