The first MAHA report, released in May and titled “Make Our Children Healthy Again,” mentioned ultra-processed foods more than 40 times, blaming them for negative health outcomes in children.

The just-released follow-up action plan, which outlines the Trump Administration’s strategy for fixing the problems identified by the first report, mentions ultra-processed foods only once, pledging that government agencies would continue to try to develop a definition for them.

It’s just one way that the MAHA Strategy Report , released on Sept. 9, disappointed many public health advocates—including some MAHA supporters—who had hoped that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s maverick approach to science might upend decades of slow progress on improving nutrition among American children.

“The first MAHA report

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