Marion Nestle & others react to the MAHA children health strategy report
The US Department of Health & Human Services released its Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy report yesterday. It once again touts “gold standard science,” but without a lot of meat on those bones.
If you didn’t see Marion Nestle, PhD, on the PBS NewsHour last evening, I urge you to take 5 minutes to watch the video below. She’s a molecular biologist, nutritionist, and Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Emerita at New York University. She cuts through the jargon to reflect on what’s in the report and what isn’t. This was one of her money quotes: “What’s disappointing about it is that the things that would make a big difference aren’t here.”
About the “gold standard science” claim, Nestle said, “It’s hard to know how that’s going to happen when the research enterprise has been decimated and so many people have lost their jobs.”
NPR reported, The MAHA plan for healthier kids includes 128 ideas, but few details.
The New York Times headline: Kennedy Releases Childhood Health Report. It’s Vague on Next Steps.
NBC News said the report gives a road map to improving kids' health but stops short of action.
TIME magazine’s headline: The New MAHA Report Lacks Teeth, Experts Say.