"At a recent press conference announcing the publication of the government's new dietary guidelines, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared two different military operations in the span of less than a minute: The nation would be retreating from its war on fatty steaks and whole milk, he said, and redeploying for another war, this one on added sugars."
"He has promised to defeat his enemies in Big Pharma and to purge conflicts of interest from the agencies he leads, so as to end what he has referred to as a " war on public health." Elsewhere he has promised to withdraw from the "war on alternative medicine," the "war on stem cells," the "war on chelating drugs," the "war on peptides," the "war on vitamins," and the "war on minerals.""
"Kennedy's deputies and chief advisers are culture warriors in their own right, and they seem to share their leader's bellicosity. Jim O'Neill, the second in command at HHS, has talked about the need to fight back against gender-affirming medical care, which he describes as being part of an evil war on biology; Mehmet Oz, now in charge of Medicare and Medicaid, says that"
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Health and Human Services reframed national nutrition policy by retreating from warnings about saturated fats and shifting focus toward reducing added sugars. The White House emphasized an end to the 'war on protein.' Kennedy has adopted militaristic language to cast health policy as a series of wars against perceived enemies, promising to confront Big Pharma, purge conflicts of interest, and withdraw from restrictions on various alternative therapies and supplements. Senior aides echo combative cultural positions, with discussions of opposing gender-affirming care and other contentious medical topics, reflecting a broadly combative approach to public-health governance.
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