Starving for Change: Why MAHA’s Food Reforms Could Backfire

No grocery stores, no fresh food, and now no processed options—MAHA’s policies risk making food insecurity even worse.

The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has put childhood nutrition and public health at the center of national policy. The Commission’s stated mission is to purge ultra-processed foods from schools and food assistance programs, promote whole foods, and root out what it sees as …