How did a pro-abortion Democrat capture the nomination for secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a Republican administration? Simply put, Americans are too sick, and they want something done about it, regardless of who their champion might be. My new book, co-authored with fitness writer Gina Bontempo, releases this week and explains how America got to this point and offers a road map back to health.

Former President Donald Trump was reelected this November on a mandate to make America “great” again by making America “healthy” again. In August, environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended his own independent White House run to forge a bipartisan coalition that would cement health as a new pillar of Trump’s signature campaign slogan. The former president can grow the gross domestic product (GDP) all he wants, but America is not that “great” if all of those economic numbers are built on a nation that remains chronically fat, sick, and depressed.

“If I’m given the chance to fix the chronic disease crisis and reform our food production, I promise that within two years we will watch the chronic disease burden lift dramatically,” Kennedy said in his Phoenix endorsement speech. “We will make Americans healthy again.”

On Thursday, the Republican president-elect gave Kennedy that chance.

“For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health,” Trump wrote on X in a post announcing Kennedy’s appointment to lead HHS. “The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any........

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