STAT+: Debate over soda, candy bans shows how MAHA is scrambling old alliances

Low-income Americans could soon have new constraints on how they shop for food under bills in more than a dozen states.

Apr 9, 2025 - 09:35
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STAT+: Debate over soda, candy bans shows how MAHA is scrambling old alliances

You’re reading The MAHA Diagnosis, a STAT series that examines the major elements of the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The U.S. measles outbreak is getting worse. The Department of Health and Human Services is cutting 10,000 jobs and sparking fears about the future of the country’s ability to monitor environmental contaminants and prevent disease

But what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. really wants to talk about is food.

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