{"id":16603,"date":"2024-11-15T17:23:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=16603"},"modified":"2024-11-15T18:25:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:25:18","slug":"why-kennedy-sees-an-epidemic-of-chronic-disease-among-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=16603","title":{"rendered":"Why Kennedy Sees an \u2018Epidemic\u2019 of Chronic Disease Among Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But vaccines and fluoride are not the cause.<\/p>\n

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now President-elect Donald J. Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has for years called attention to what he considers an \u201cepidemic\u201d of chronic disease that has left America\u2019s children among the sickest in the developed world.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kennedy blames environmental toxins and a broken food system. But he also points to some of the most widely acclaimed advances of the last century: fluoridated water and vaccines that have nearly eradicated diseases like polio.<\/p>\n

Most child health experts are adamantly opposed to scaling back fluoridation or immunizations, saying such changes would harm health and trigger outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases.<\/p>\n

But many do not reject Mr. Kennedy\u2019s primary diagnosis: There is <\/em>a child health crisis in America.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn this particular point he\u2019s right,\u201d said Dr. Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician and epidemiologist who directs the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Even as infectious diseases and child mortality plummeted in the 20th century, he added: \u201cThere is no question noncommunicable diseases in children are up. I disagree with him that vaccines are the cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many scientists like Dr. Landrigan acknowledge that there are disturbing trends in childhood health in the United States, and they welcome Mr. Kennedy\u2019s focus on foods and chemicals in the environment.<\/p>\n

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Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But vaccines and fluoride are not the cause.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now President-elect Donald J. Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has for years called attention to what he considers an \u201cepidemic\u201d of chronic disease that has left America\u2019s children among the sickest in the developed world.Mr. Kennedy blames environmental toxins and a broken food system. But he also points to some of the most widely acclaimed advances of the last century: fluoridated water and vaccines that have nearly eradicated diseases like polio.Most child health experts are adamantly opposed to scaling back fluoridation or immunizations, saying such changes would harm health and trigger outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases.But many do not reject Mr. Kennedy\u2019s primary diagnosis: There is a child health crisis in America.\u201cOn this particular point he\u2019s right,\u201d said Dr. Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician and epidemiologist who directs the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College.Even as infectious diseases and child mortality plummeted in the 20th century, he added: \u201cThere is no question noncommunicable diseases in children are up. I disagree with him that vaccines are the cause.\u201dMany scientists like Dr. Landrigan acknowledge that there are disturbing trends in childhood health in the United States, and they welcome Mr. Kennedy\u2019s focus on foods and chemicals in the environment.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16605,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16606,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16603\/revisions\/16606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}