The Trump administration is expected to release a report on Tuesday outlining its strategy to combat childhood chronic disease. The report, from a presidential commission chaired by the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will most likely propose initiatives around food, medications and fertility.
A draft of the report, which The New York Times described in August, disappointed some of Mr. Kennedy’s supporters because it did not propose direct restrictions on pesticides or ultraprocessed foods, which Mr. Kennedy has called major threats to the health of American children.
The Department of Health and Human Services posted on its website that members of the Make America Healthy Again commission would release the final report at an event at 2 p.m. today. The report comes the week after Mr. Kennedy appeared at a combative Senate hearing, and follows weeks of tumult at the nation’s leading health agencies after Mr. Kennedy pushed out the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The draft report included proposals calling for research into topics as distinct as electromagnetic radiation and children’s oral health. It also recommended new health initiatives, like efforts to increase breastfeeding rates, address infertility and educate the public on the dangers of vaping.
Dani Blum is a health reporter for The Times.
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