MAHA’s ‘Make Our Children Healthy Again’ guidance misses root causes of poor childhood health, experts say

(CNN) — The average American’s diet is nutritionally disastrous and hurting children’s health, according to the Make America Healthy Again Commission ’s latest action plan released Tuesday by the White House.

Exposure to dangerous chemicals, overmedication, a lack of physical activity, poor sleep, too much screen time and stress are the other key drivers of the decline in children’s health, according to the MAHA commission’s latest report, “ Make Our Children Healthy Again .”

But does the new strategy report, spearheaded by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., truly address the changes needed to improve children’s well-being?

CNN asked leading nutrition researchers, food safety advocates, pediatricians and health policymakers for their thoughts.

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