RFK’s health report omits key facts in painting dark vision for US children

Maha report ignores leading causes of death for children, firearms and crashes, and focuses on lifestyle and vaccines

A new report led by the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lays out a dark vision of American children's health and calls for agencies to examine vaccines, ultra-processed foods, environmental chemicals, lack of exercise and overmedicalization".

Kennedy has made combatting the chronic disease epidemic" a cornerstone of his vision for the US, even as he has ignored common causes of chronic conditions, such as smoking and alcohol use.