The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission has released a comprehensive new strategy aimed at tackling chronic childhood diseases through sweeping reforms across food, health, and education systems. The strategy includes 120 initiatives and executive actions intended to reshape national policy and deliver measurable outcomes for American families.
“The document includes 120 initiatives and executive actions to ‘advance gold-standard science, realign incentives, increase public awareness, and strengthen private-sector collaboration.’” These initiatives are centered on five key pillars: restoring science and research, historic executive actions, process reform and deregulation, public awareness and education, and private sector collaboration.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins praised the strategy as a transformative step forward.
“Today’s MAHA Commission report is another historic milestone for our country and a testament to President Trump’s leadership and commitment to Make America Healthy Again. America’s farmers and ranchers are at the heart of the solution — alongside doctors, parents, and communities – to fight chronic disease and protect future generations.”
Rollins emphasized the USDA’s role in practical reforms, noting:
“Under this Administration, we are not just talking about healthy outcomes; we are delivering them by securing voluntary commitments to remove artificial food dye from major brands, providing technical assistance to States interested in restricting junk food and soda from SNAP, and providing growers with new tools to maintain and improve soil health, including the introduction of a regenerative farming practice pilot program.”
She concluded, “Together with our partners at HHS and EPA, we are charting a new course, strengthening the health of our families, and ensuring the United States leads the world with the safest, strongest, and most abundant food supply.”
Chair of the MAHA Commission and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. echoed the urgency:
“The Trump Administration is mobilizing every part of government to confront the childhood chronic disease epidemic,” Secretary Kennedy said. “This strategy represents the most sweeping reform agenda in modern history—realigning our food and health systems, driving education, and unleashing science to protect America’s children and families.”
“We are ending the corporate capture of public health, restoring transparency, and putting gold-standard science—not special interests—at the center of every decision.”
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Audio Reporting by Dale Sandlin for Southeast AgNet. Make America Healthy Again Commission Releases Strategy Document