I am hearing about some strange happenings in our nation’s capital. Bipartisan meetings are being held with witnesses that everybody agrees on, without any rancor. An important subject is getting serious attention.
This has to do with the “Make America Healthy Again,” which Robert F Kennedy Jr. brought from his Democratic campaign for the presidency to the Trump campaign. The idea that is being explored is that America’s processed food is making people sick with everything from obesity to diabetes and more.
The. Ways and Means Committee’s health subcommittee already held a hearing on “Investing in a Healthier America: Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment.” Testimony at that one was pretty hard on the food industry for diet-related diseases from all those ultra-processed foods.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, then held a roundtable discussion on the issue scheduled to hear from RFK Jr. Former Sen.
William H. Frist, himself an MD who served as Senate Majority Leader, from 2003-2007 said: “When I began my medical career, these national epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes did not exist. These diet-related chronic diseases have increased in our adult lifetimes.
” Frist was among those laying out the diet crisis that now exists in the United States, including that poor nutrition is the leading risk factor for death and disability in the United States, causing more health harm than other major risk factors such as tobacco use, alcohol, opioids, physical inac.
