Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to “Make America Healthy Again” gets some things right: Our country is beset by chronic disease, environmental risks, and dangerous and inappropriate corporate influence on health decisions.
But to make America healthier, we need an accurate diagnosis and an effective prescription. Although the focus on combatting chronic disease is appropriate, the MAHA combination of sound science, pseudo-science, and profiteering by so-called “wellness” companies isn’t the answer. Success will come from implementing what we know works, learning more, and avoiding simplistic solutions no more likely to make Americans healthier than get-rich-quick schemes are to make us wealthier.
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