Poor diet, environmental toxins, unhealthy habits and pharmaceuticals are contributing to a national rise in chronic illnesses, particularly among children, top Trump officials said in a Thursday report that lays the groundwork for a ‘Make America Healthy Again’ overhaul of government policy.

SWEATING THE MAHA REPORT — A report expected today from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on childhood chronic diseases could spark tension between congressional Republicans and a health secretary whose plans to tighten food industry oversight could adversely impact farm and food companies, POLITICO’s Carmen Paun reports.

A commission led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday issued a report that said processed food, chemicals, stress and overprescription of medications and vaccines may be factors behind chronic illness in American children.