"The current Department of Health and Human Services appears to have a real fondness for elementary school PE. In July of last year, President Trump signed an executive order to bring back the Presidential Fitness Test, which Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called "a huge item of pride when I was growing up." This week, Kennedy resuscitated the food pyramid, that triangular cornucopia that hung for decades in classrooms and nurses offices across America."
"Other changes? They've cut out the "Use Sparingly" section, which comprised the tippy-top of the old diagram, and usually depicted chips, cookies or other processed junk. Finally, oddly, wedged between a vine of grapes and a single almond is a big stick of butter. I would've been a real smart-ass if this chart had dropped in 2004. Raises hand: "So butter is now healthier than bananas, Mrs. Walsh?""
"Earlier this month, his team dramatically reshaped federal vaccine policy, axing six vaccine recommendations from a list of 17. Medical experts are concerned: vaccine hesitancy is already surging - and so are cases of preventable diseases. Last year, the U.S. recorded the largest number of measles cases in 30 years."
The Department of Health and Human Services revamped the food pyramid, inverting its hierarchy to put protein, dairy, healthy fats, vegetables and fruits above whole grains. The new graphic minimizes carbohydrates, eliminates the prior "Use Sparingly" top tier for processed snacks, and conspicuously positions butter alongside fruit and nuts. The administration earlier reinstated the Presidential Fitness Test by executive order. The department also changed federal vaccine policy by removing six recommendations from a list of seventeen, raising medical concern amid growing vaccine hesitancy and a recent rise in measles cases to a multi-decade high.
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