President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a report today about the uptick and chronic childhood diseases and what they say are the underlying causes. The report was issued by a panel of top administration officials who make up Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again Commission.

The report is very much in line with the ideas and beliefs that Kennedy promoted before

becoming HHS Secretary, ones he argues should be the country's top public health priorities.

But it comes at a time of deep cuts to public health agencies by the administration.

And many scientists and researchers say Kennedy is exaggerating or misleading what the data show about a number of

his claims. Allie Rogan has that story. I'm honored to present you the MAHA report. Today's report,

officially known as the Making Our Children Healthy Again Assessment, outlined what Robert F. Kennedy

called a nationwide crisis of childhood chronic disease.

This is a milestone. There's never an American history. Has the federal government taken a position

on public health like this? The report identified four main culprits, poor diet, exposure to synthetic chemicals, lack of

activity and chronic stress, and quote, over-medicalization under the backdrop of what Kennedy

calls undue influence from the food, drug, and chemical industries.

It's common sense that ultra-processed nutrient-poor food contributes to chronic disease.

It's common sense that excessive screen time and isolation lead to anxiety and depression,

especially in children.

It's common sense that exercise and healthy foods come before prescriptions and surgery.

Among other proposals,

it called for more rigorous clinical trials for vaccines, including placebo-controlled tests,

which some experts call unethical when trials have already been done. And it casts doubt on the

childhood vaccine schedule, which has alarmed many public health experts.

The report also said children were spending too much time indoors, too often on devices,

and that parents and providers are over-reliant on prescription drugs.

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