{"id":17343,"date":"2024-11-27T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17343"},"modified":"2024-11-27T08:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:25:38","slug":"rfk-jr-s-ideas-on-big-pharma-and-food-align-with-some-of-trumps-biggest-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17343","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr.\u2019s Ideas on Big Pharma and Food Align With Some of Trump\u2019s Biggest Critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">When it comes to weeding out corporate influence, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s ideas often align best with some of Trump\u2019s loudest critics.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There is no denying the bromance between President-elect Donald J. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., two men with famously big egos and a desire to expose what they view as a corrupt federal bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But if Mr. Kennedy is confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, several of his key priorities may run counter to those of an administration with a game plan bent on deregulation. Mr. Trump\u2019s choice for White House chief of staff, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/21\/us\/politics\/susie-wiles-trump-lobbying.html\" title>Susie Wiles, comes from a lobbying firm that represented the very industries<\/a> that Mr. Kennedy hopes to disrupt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over the past two decades, Mr. Kennedy, a lawyer and longtime environmentalist, has turned his passion toward health issues, many of which \u2014 apart from his questioning of vaccine safety \u2014 traditionally align better with the Democratic Party he left behind. When it comes to tearing down corporate capture among the giants \u2014 Big Pharma, Big Ag, Big Food, among others \u2014 Mr. Kennedy\u2019s ideas echo those of some of the incoming Trump administration\u2019s loudest critics.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4fe74fd4\">Michelle Obama<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy, who recently <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/13\/us\/politics\/rfk-jr-trumps-fast-food.html\" title>criticized<\/a> Mr. Trump\u2019s penchant for fast food, has been clear about his plans to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/15\/health\/rfk-big-food-artificial-dyes-trump.html\" title>go after<\/a> ultra-processed foods that contribute to the growing rates of diabetes and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/14\/well\/obesity-epidemic-america.html\" title>obesity in the United States<\/a>. Those goals sound familiar to anyone who lived through the Obama administration, when Michelle Obama started the Let\u2019s Move! campaign as first lady to encourage healthier diets and lifestyles among children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Obama was a driving force behind former President Barack Obama\u2019s creation of a task force on childhood obesity. Under his administration, federal agencies released updated nutrition labels and the ubiquitous \u201cMyPlate\u201d icon that replaced the food pyramid. Most consequentially, she championed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which increased funding and raised nutritional standards for school lunches. The vegetable requirements and rules for sodium and flavored drink products under that law, signed in 2010, were <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/sph.washington.edu\/news-events\/news\/obama-era-school-nutrition-policy-led-better-diets-students-faces-changes\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dialed back<\/a> under the first Trump administration.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-dbeb75\">Gavin Newsom<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The week before the election, Mr. Kennedy declared the \u201cfirst thing\u201d he would do as part of the Trump administration would be: \u201cTell the cereal companies, \u2018Take all the dyes out of their food.\u2019\u201d But in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has already beaten him to it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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Kennedy Jr.\u2019s ideas often align best with some of Trump\u2019s loudest critics.There is no denying the bromance between President-elect Donald J. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., two men with famously big egos and a desire to expose what they view as a corrupt federal bureaucracy.But if Mr. Kennedy is confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, several of his key priorities may run counter to those of an administration with a game plan bent on deregulation. Mr. Trump\u2019s choice for White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, comes from a lobbying firm that represented the very industries that Mr. Kennedy hopes to disrupt.Over the past two decades, Mr. Kennedy, a lawyer and longtime environmentalist, has turned his passion toward health issues, many of which \u2014 apart from his questioning of vaccine safety \u2014 traditionally align better with the Democratic Party he left behind. When it comes to tearing down corporate capture among the giants \u2014 Big Pharma, Big Ag, Big Food, among others \u2014 Mr. Kennedy\u2019s ideas echo those of some of the incoming Trump administration\u2019s loudest critics.Michelle ObamaMr. Kennedy, who recently criticized Mr. Trump\u2019s penchant for fast food, has been clear about his plans to go after ultra-processed foods that contribute to the growing rates of diabetes and obesity in the United States. Those goals sound familiar to anyone who lived through the Obama administration, when Michelle Obama started the Let\u2019s Move! campaign as first lady to encourage healthier diets and lifestyles among children.Ms. Obama was a driving force behind former President Barack Obama\u2019s creation of a task force on childhood obesity. Under his administration, federal agencies released updated nutrition labels and the ubiquitous \u201cMyPlate\u201d icon that replaced the food pyramid. Most consequentially, she championed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which increased funding and raised nutritional standards for school lunches. The vegetable requirements and rules for sodium and flavored drink products under that law, signed in 2010, were dialed back under the first Trump administration.Gavin NewsomThe week before the election, Mr. Kennedy declared the \u201cfirst thing\u201d he would do as part of the Trump administration would be: \u201cTell the cereal companies, \u2018Take all the dyes out of their food.\u2019\u201d But in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has already beaten him to it.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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