HJNO Jul/Aug 2025

MAHA REPORT ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN COMMISSION Executive Order 14212 of February 13, 2025 The initial mission of the Commission shall be to advise and assist the President on how best to exercise his authority to address the childhood chronic disease crisis. Therefore, the Commission shall: (a) study the scope of the childhood chronic disease crisis and any potential contributing causes, including the American diet, absorption of toxic material, medical treatments, lifestyle, environmental factors, Government policies, food production techniques, electromagnetic radiation, and corporate influence or cronyism; (b) advise and assist the President on informing theAmerican people regarding the childhood chronic disease crisis, using transparent and clear facts; and (c) provide to the President Government-wide recommendations on policy and strategy related to addressing the identified contributing causes of and ending the childhood chronic disease crisis. Within 100 days of the date of this order, the Commission shall submit to the President, through the Chair and the Executive Director, the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment. Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Commission shall submit to the President, through the Chair and the Executive Director, a Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy based on the findings from the Assessment. The Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment was officially released on May 22, 2025, by the Make America Healthy Again Commission, chaired by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Commission made minor edits to the original version after its public release; those revisions are noted in the report. US Healthcare Journals has also included clearly labeled callout boxes throughout the document to provide state-specific data and context. These callouts are our editorial contribution and are not part of the official MAHA Assessment. New text added by the MAHA Commission after the original publication of the MAHAReport Text removed by the MAHA Commission from the original publication of the MAHAReport US Healthcare Journals commentary and state-specific statistics. LEGEND 12  JUL / AUG 2025 I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS