MAHA report on US children's health targets food and drug marketing

10/9/2025 6:25

The U.S. government will address what it sees as an epidemic of chronic illness among American children, calling for changes such as offering full-fat milk in cafeterias and limiting marketing of food and drugs, the "Make America Healthy Again" Commission said in its second report on Tuesday.



The commission, established by President Donald Trump through an executive order and led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-time anti-vaccine crusader, builds on a May commission assessment.



That report linked processed foods and over-prescription of medications and vaccines to rising rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, autism, and ADHD. It also alarmed food industry groups for pointing to pesticides like glyphosate, a key weedkiller ingredient that is the subject of thousands of lawsuits, as a

potential health risk factor.



Health advocates and other experts said last month that the

recommendations in the draft lack scientific grounding and do

little to address the real causes of poor health among childre