Chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension affect 133 million Americans, with the MAHA Commission urging action on better nutrition and diet.

The widely anticipated report, expected as soon as Thursday, takes on ultra-processed foods, lobbyists and childhood vaccines. But it goes relatively easy on pesticides in farming.

"The trust issues are quite far-reaching" and impact public perception towards health-based changes across the U.S., a health professor told Newsweek.

The report lays the blame for the poor health of American kids on four broad categories: poor diet, lack of physical activity and chronic stress, “overmedicalization,” and the

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.

In between Trump administrations, multiple EPA officials represented the chemical industry, often as lobbyists, opposing EPA regulations.

The G.O.P. chairmen of the House and Senate agriculture committees said they were “troubled” by the Make America Healthy Again Commission’s findings and urged it to use sounder science.

The White House blamed exposure to environmental toxins, poor nutrition and increased screen time for a decline in Americans’ life expectancy Thursday, in a major administration report that also casts doubt on the current vaccine schedule and medications deemed safe by mainstream medicine.

The team at MAHA Films set out to document the deeper layers of America's health crisis not from a political standpoint, but from a human one. Their goal is to inform, mobilize, and inspire change by connecting the dots that have been deliberately scattered by conflicting interests. Toxic Nation is a direct result of this mission. It covers: