US unveils new health plan avoiding curbs on junk food, pesticides | News

WASHINGTON, Sept 10, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday unveiled the Trump administration's long-awaited roadmap to tackle chronic disease, calling for better nutrition, tighter scrutiny of medical advertising, and even a new push to boost fertility. Conspicuously absent, however, were concrete proposals to directly restrict ultra-processed foods or pesticides -- long priorities of Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. The omissions are viewed as wins for the food and agriculture industries. "There has never been an effort like this across all the government agencies," said Kennedy during a Washington event where he released the plan, calling chronic illness "an existential crisis for our country." President Donald Trump later signed a memorandum directing agencies...