MAHA report on childhood health is out
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🗓️ 10 September 2025
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his MAHA Commission release their long-awaited second report on childhood health. USA TODAY White House Correspondent Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy breaks it all down You can also listen to our deep dive on RFK Jr’s contentious Senate hearing from last week here.
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| 0:34.3 | Good morning. I'm Dana Taylor, in for Taylor Wilson. |
| 0:40.3 | Today is Wednesday, September 10th, 2025. |
| 0:43.4 | This is USA Today's The Excerpt. |
| 0:54.6 | Today, the Health Secretary and his Maha Commission released their long-awaited second report on childhood health. |
| 1:01.1 | Plus, immigration arrests begin in Chicago, and Israel escalates its war against Tamas with an airstrike in Qatar. |
| 1:03.6 | Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again Commission |
| 1:08.3 | released their second report yesterday. The report which focuses on |
| 1:12.4 | childhood health includes new guidelines for food and pharmaceutical advertising, among many other |
| 1:18.3 | recommendations. For more on this, I'm now joined by USA Today White House correspondent, Swapna, |
| 1:23.7 | Vigona-Pol Ramoswamy, who joins us just outside the White House. |
| 1:30.0 | Swapna, thanks for making time for us today. |
| 1:31.8 | Thank you for having me, Dana. |
| 1:36.5 | So, Swapna, let's talk about what's in the second Maha report. |
| 1:37.7 | What made the cut? |
| 1:43.9 | So the second Maha report includes a wide range of topics, everything from a new definition for ultra-processed foods, |
| 1:46.2 | revised dietary guidelines, there's stuff on food dyes, they're going to be taking a harder look |
| 1:52.0 | at infant formula standards. It also includes guidelines for food and pharmaceutical advertising |
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