Tuesday's long-awaited "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) report steered clear of calling for regulation of the pesticide and food industries, despite Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s belief that they are responsible for the childhood chronic disease epidemic.

The lack of inclusion of major reforms in the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy Report shows the limits of Kennedy's MAHA movement within the traditional business-friendly Republican party.

The report identified four potential drivers behind the rise in childhood chronic disease among children, including poor diet, chemical exposure, lack of physical activity, chronic stress, and “a concerning trend of overprescribing medications to children."

“This strategy represents the most sweeping reform agenda in modern history—realigning our food and health systems, driving education, and unleashing science to protect America’s children and families,” Kennedy said in a statement. “We are ending the corporate capture of public health, restoring transparency, and putting gold-standard science—not special interests—at the center of every decision.”

Nutrition experts said the report was a missed opportunity, as did some MAHA allies.

“Instead of addressing real changes to provide healthier school meals, the MAHA Strategy is pushing whole milk at the expense of children’s health,” said Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, in a statement.........

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