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MAHA Commission
Make Our Children Healthy Again
“To fully address the growing health crisis in America, we must re-direct our national focus, in the public and private sectors, toward understanding and drastically lowering chronic disease rates and ending childhood chronic disease. This includes fresh thinking on nutrition, physical activity, healthy lifestyles, over-reliance on medication and treatments, the effects of new technological habits, environmental impacts, and food and drug quality and safety. We must restore the integrity of the scientific process by protecting expert recommendations from inappropriate influence and increasing transparency regarding existing data. We must ensure our healthcare system promotes health rather than just managing disease.”
From the Executive Order Establishing The President’s
Make America Healthy Again Commission
The White House February 13, 2025
Background
Executive Order and the Path Forward
America faces a profound and urgent health crisis. Chronic illness is on the rise, the well-being of our children is deteriorating, and our healthcare system remains largely reactive rather than preventive, focused more on treating established disease than proactively fostering health from the outset. Without bold, systemic action, the next generation of American children is poised to inherit not only declining health outcomes but also weakened economic stability and national security.
Recognizing the gravity of this crisis, there have been discussions within conservative policy circles, notably within the framework of Project 2025, about how a potential future administration might respond. Reports suggest a possible executive order from President Donald J. Trump establishing a "Make America Healthy Again Commission" under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This commission, composed of senior cabinet members, is tasked with conducting a comprehensive review of the nation’s health status and developing policy recommendations to improve the well-being of all Americans
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The "Make Our Children Healthy Again: Assessment" report paints a stark picture of a profound and urgent health crisis gripping the United States, particularly affecting its youngest citizens. It declares a "nationwide crisis of childhood chronic disease," detailing an alarming surge in conditions such as obesity, diabetes, autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), various cancers, allergies, autoimmune disorders, asthma, and behavioral health disorders.
This escalating health burden is not merely a medical concern; the report frames it as a critical threat to the nation's future. It warns that without decisive action, the next generation faces not only declining health outcomes but also weakened economic stability and national security. The report asserts that the U.S. healthcare system remains largely reactive, focused on treating established diseases rather than proactively fostering health from the outset. This has led to what the report terms the "sickest generation in American history".
The report attributes this crisis to a confluence of factors, including poor diet (especially ultra-processed foods), cumulative environmental chemical exposures, insufficient physical activity coupled with chronic stress, and "overmedicalization" through widespread prescription drug use and the childhood vaccine schedule. Underlying these drivers, the report consistently points to the "undue influence from the food, drug, and chemical industries" as a significant exacerbating factor.
While specific monetary costs are not detailed, the report's emphasis on the threats to economic stability and national security underscores the immense societal price of this health crisis, extending far beyond individual suffering to impact the very fabric of the nation.