Becker's Healthcare September 9, 2025
The Make America Healthy Again Commission, a newly created advisory body under HHS, published a report on chronic disease and children’s health Sept. 9.
The commission’s “Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy” covers a slew of topics, including environmental chemicals, ultra-processed foods, screen time and “overmedicalization,” which the report describes as the overprescribing of medications to children.
The 73-page report calls for more whole milk offerings in U.S. schools, a revision of dietary guidelines, the reduction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, so-called “forever chemicals,” and more than 100 other reforms.
“The nightmare scenario that we face [is] our children are going to be less healthy than we are. They’re going to lead shorter, less healthy lives than we...
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