Rfk’s “Food is medicine” speech Jr. in West Virginia inspires Maha Advocate
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Friday he joined the Governor of Virginia of West Virginia, Patrick Morrisey, while the Republican Governor signed the first letters of intent in search of exemptions to allow the state to eliminate the soda from the additional nutritional assistance program (Snap).
Kennedy, who is guiding the Make America Healthy movement, praised Morrisey during a press conference in a Martinsburg school. The governor introduced his four pillars of a healthy West Virginia.
“The food is medicinal,” said Kennedy while Morrisey spoke of the need to guarantee “nutritional programs financed by taxpayers promote healthy and nutriety choices”.
The presence was activated by the co-founder and defender of Maha Calley Means, who is gathering behind the call to hit Ultra-processed drinks and foods in schools.
“President (Donald) Trump The first administration is guiding in American history to clearly say that the goal of his health and human services department is to reverse the crisis of chronic diseases, “he told Fox News Digital.
“The food is medicinal,” said the secretary of Hhs Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a press conference with the governor of the Virginia of West Patrick Morrisey on Friday. (Photo ap/stephanie scarbrough)
Vehicles called Kennedy’s speech an important moment for the Maha movement.
“A secretary of HHS never stayed on history and said that the” food is medicinal “before Bobby Kennedy (he did it) today,” said Means. “This is a deep statement.”
He added: “What Bobby Kennedy is saying is that we must face the main cause of our chronic diseases crisis and focus on food”.
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A survey of the Department of Agriculture in June 2021 found that 61% of Snap participants said that the most common barrier was economic accessibility of food who are part of a healthy diet.
Regular consumption of sugary sugar drinks such as soda is linked to an increased risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and obesityaccording to the centers for the control and prevention of diseases (CDC).
Obesity and chronic diseases can be connected to sugary drinks such as the soda, the leaders of Maha support. (Istock)
Meredith Potter, Senior Vice President of the American Beverage Association of Washington, DC, told Fox News Digital that the health of Americans is an “important conversation to have”.
“The reality here, however, is that the soda is not guiding obesity in this country,” said Potter.
“Obesity rates have increased,” he added.
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“At the same time, soda consumption decreased. The calories of drinks overall have decreased.”
Potter said that the cutting of the soda from snaping to the trigger will not save money to taxpayers.
“You are not reforming the program. You are not cutting the program. You are just saying to some Americans who need help to cope with the end of each month what they can and cannot buy,” he said.
TrueMed Calley’s co-founder means that Americans should ask themselves if the government has to subsidize soda companies. (Fox News Digital)
It means that the goal is not to remove the soda from anyone.
“What this moves by secretary Kennedy does is to say that states can prevent the granting of Soda taxpayers,” he told Fox News Digital.
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At the press conference on Friday, the Governor Morrisey shared his plans to change school lunches.
“Let’s start without more dyes and dangerous additives in schools,” he said. “We know that studies show that they can lead to problems with hormones and hyperactivity and learning challenges”.
Morrisey, on the left, and Kennedy posed for a photograph on Friday while wearing a healthy America again hats. (Photo ap/stephanie scarbrough)
At the beginning of the week, the governor signed legislation that prohibits some food dyes harmful to school lunches.
Maha Bills has sprung up throughout the country, with many Target nutrition in schools.
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In February, the House of Representatives of Arizona approved the law on healthy state schools, which prohibits ultra -elaborate foods containing harmful additives to be served in the meals of public schools.
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“Since 2006 we have said that schools are special places,” said Potter.
“When it comes to children, parents should decide.”
Peter Burke of Fox News Digital has contributed to relationships.
