Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, inexplicably advances conspiracy theories, falsehoods, and disinformation on public health issues.

He legitimizes fringe perspectives and pseudoscience. He appears ignorant of facts, naïve about effective public health strategies, and frequently disingenuous.

Kennedy repeatedly magnifies, misrepresents, and twists facts to support his position. His conclusions on research studies often extend well beyond what the data indicate.

He has some valid concerns − environmental pollution, high chronic disease rates, ultra-processed foods, toxins, and food additives including dyes. But Kennedy’s promotion of good nutrition as his strategy against obesity and other maladies is overly simplistic.

His opposi

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