The MAHA plan for healthier kids includes 128 ideas, but few details

"The Trump administration released a report Tuesday outlining a broad strategy to improve children's health. It calls for a wide range of executive actions and policy reforms aimed at tackling a rise in chronic diseases. In announcing the report, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called chronic disease in kids "an existential crisis for our country" and said the report's 128 recommendations are "historic and unprecedented." "There's never been an effort like this across all the government agencies," he said."

"The Make America Healthy Again Commission, led by Kennedy, identified four potential drivers behind rising rates of chronic disease among children, including poor diet, chemical exposure, lack of physical activity and chronic stress, as well as "overmedicalization" which the commission describes as "a concerning trend of overprescribing medications to children." The report has drawn mixed reactions from researchers and advocates working in public health, who note that its goals stand at odds with other recent Trump administration moves."

""How can we "Make America Healthy Again" unless we renew our commitment to ensuring access to food for children," and other Americans, asks Eric Mitchell, President of the Alliance to End Hunger, in a statement. "While Administration officials regularly tout the importance of nutrition," they worked with Congress to pass a plan that will push millions of people off federal food assistance, known as SNAP, he says."

The administration released 128 recommendations to improve children's health through executive actions and policy reforms aimed at reducing rising chronic diseases. A senior health official called chronic disease in children 'an existential crisis' and termed the recommendations 'historic and unprecedented.' A government commission identified four potential drivers: poor diet, chemical exposure, lack of physical activity, and chronic stress, and flagged 'overmedicalization' and overprescribing. Researchers and public health advocates gave mixed reactions, noting contradictions with policy moves such as cuts to food assistance, Medicaid, and research funding, and efforts to alter vaccine policy. A hunger leader warned that nutrition goals conflict with reductions in SNAP access.

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