Trump’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, old wine in new bottles

Shortly after Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. sworn in as the next secretary of health and human services, President Trump established a Make America Healthy Again Committee, in charge of investigating and tackling the root causes of America ‘Health crisis. “The first focus will be on The health of children, specifically related to chronic diseases, is not new with the striking exception of the first Trump administration – under successive administrations – have the federal government and Medical Community Policy pursued that the causes of chronic diseases are investigating and how the committee differs from previous initiatives is its accenting and managing efforts to assess the “over use” order medicines and pesticides and possibly unnecessary ‘business influence’.

The White House issued an executive order yesterday games The main goal of the Make America Healthy Reme Rocle Commission, in particular to trace our national focus, in the public and private sectors, to understanding and drastically lowering chronic disease rates and ending chronic diseases in children. This includes new thinking about nutrition, physical activity, a healthy lifestyle. “In the first instance, the committee will investigate data on children’s health and evaluate the current programs that focus on the pediatric population.

The executive order reflects what Kennedy has talked about about his desire for Americans to be physically active and eat healthier and to reduce the use of pesticides and repair what Kennedy reflects as a food ecosystem taken prisoner by company interests.

But despite the fact that the initiative of the administration is advertised as a novel, there is little new here. And unlike Kennedy’s claims That infectious diseases receive much more federal financing than chronic diseases, the National Institutes of Health are more in the latter than the first. In addition to financing research to develop treatments for chronic diseases, the NIH funded Numerous behavioral interventions to prevent chronic diseases in pediatric and mature populations.

And have been medical leaders in America Discussing different approaches to tackle chronic diseases for a very long time. There was even a seven -year project in the 1940s and 50s, called the chronic diseases committee, founded by a collaboration between the American Medical Association, the American Public Health Association and the American Public Welfare Association.

It is also not new to suggest that poor diet is an important cause of chronic diseases, including the high prevalence of obesity and diabetes. A published judgement From dozens of studies from 2009 to 2023 in the British Medical Journal Shows the association between daily exposure to ultra-processed foods and chronic diseases.

In addition, federal government agencies have set plans for years that emphasize the importance of improving nutrition and stimulating training levels to combat chronic diseases. In fact the general accounting office published A report in August 2021 that 200 identifies such efforts with regard to healthier food and increased physical activity. The GAO categorized the work that was done in four sections, including research, education and messages, food aid and access and regulatory action.

The report states that “poor diet is recognized as a prominent risk factor for developing a chronic health status, in addition to insufficient physical activity and a series of other important factors.” It goes further to say that “diet is related to chronic health problems, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity.”

Diet guidelines since 1980

National nutritional guidelines were Published for the first time by The Carter Administration in 198060 years after the federal government began to give nutritional advice to the public through bulletins, posters, brochures, books and – more recently – suits and social media. From approximately 1920 to 1980, dietary guidance included the public inquiring about the pyramid of food groups in a healthy diet, as well as food safety and storage, and recommendations about the need for sufficient mineral and vitamin intake to prevent certain diseases.

The first publication of the DIEET GUIDES For Americans was released in 1980. Since then, the DIEET GUIDES have become a cornerstone of federal food and food guidance, which have established the conditions for school meals and government-supported food programs.

Fast Vooruit 30 years, when former First Lady Michelle Obama led a program Called ‘Let’s Move’, which was aimed at curbing obesity from childhood. President Barack Obama had one Task Force about obesity in children In 2010, with the exalted goal to solve the problem of obesity in children within a generation. He announced the role of the First Lady in leading a national effort of the public consciousness to improve the health of children with food and exercise guidance. Obama stated: “To achieve our goal, we must speed up the implementation of successful strategies that prevent and combat obesity. Such strategies include updating children’s nutrition policy in a way that tackles the best available scientific information, guaranteeing access to healthy, affordable food in schools and communities, as well as increasing physical activity. “

But after Obama’s departure, the first Trump administration led to changes in that limited The nutritional science that can be used to update the American food guidelines. The limits considered, for example any discussion by the Red Guideline Committee and processed meat, sodium and ultra-processed food and their impact on the environment.

Trump’s track record During his first administration, RFK Jr. Make America again healthy priorities. For example the environmental protection agency a ban reversed On Chlorpyrifos, a pesticide that is used a lot on farms that are linked to neurological problems in children.

Moreover, the administration is reversed Efforts to make school lunches healthier and to reduce food aid programs with billions of dollars, roll -back rules that were assumed under President Obama that required more whole -grain food, as well as fruit and fruit in school meals.

The Biden administration brought back various actions from the Obama era, while in 2022 he brought together the second white house conference on hunger, nutrition and health, 50 years after the first was held. The administration soon started Implement a new national strategy For “ending hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical activity, fewer Americans experience diet -related diseases.”

After the first Trump administration has left certain pesticides on the market, the Biden administration forbidden them. Furthermore, the school meals tried to make healthier And strengthened Nutritional standards in the special additional nutrition program for women, infants and children while invest In local food systems and chase policy Fight that consolidation of the agricultural industry.

And the Ministry of HHS hosted The very first “food is Medicine” top in January 2024, with stakeholders who investigate the intersection between food and health. HHS wants to cultivate an insight into the relationship between nutrition and health, easier access to healthy food, especially in communities with few resources, facilitating and training the public on which food is essential for better health.

Now, with Trump’s second term of office, he may have gotten a change in heart of things like the role of nutrition in health, because it is clear that he forges a completely different path than he took from 2017 to 2021. Nevertheless, Maha Commission nevertheless represents a continuation of something that previously pursued earlier administrations for decades.