Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vision for a healthy America has triggered the most significant shift in federal nutrition policy in decades. Leading the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, Kennedy, as head of Health and Human Services, has enacted dramatic changes that have started to trickle down to the grocery aisle. Central to this shift is a fundamental change in how the government views nutrition.
“The philosophy here is that if you eat whole foods and don’t eat ultra-processed foods, you’ll be eating much more healthfully,” Marion Nestle, a nutrition policy expert, told Fortune.
What the MAHA movement entails is a push against the “industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health,” President Donald Trump said in his post on Truth Social announcing Kennedy as his pick for head of HHS. And that movement has gained steam, with nearly four in 10 parents saying they support it.
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