Overview: The report lays out the administration’s plans to end childhood diseases but says nothing about crucial health issues affecting Black children.

(WIB) – Released earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s much-anticipated report on U.S. children largely mirrors his beliefs. It blames processed food, prescription drugs and vaccines for chronic childhood diseases, and calls for more exercise and healthier food to improve their health.

But critics say the so-called “Make America Healthy Again,” or MAHA, report is silent about longstanding healthcare disparities between white and Black children, and ignores the biggest public health threat to Black girls and boys: gun violence.

In fact, several physicians and public health experts said Kennedy’s

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