Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a hearing for his nomination led by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, has long been a long-term health and medical problem, including chronic diseases, COVID-19, and the cause of ultra-processed foods. He said.
This is a list of major health claims that the reporter confirmed.
Chronic disease
Kennedy's opening statement focuses on an increase in chronic health, stating that the United States was in danger of children's health. Many experts agree -they don't agree with the cause.
40 % of children have a chronic health condition, and this number is higher for young people when obesity is contained.
According to data from the Disease Control Center, one in 36 children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. One in four has allergies or eczema, and the percentage of type 2 diabetes rises under 19 years old.
The type 2 diabetes rate is rising, but it is still low. According to the US Diabetes Association, it occurs at 0.35 % of Americans under the age of 20.
Who will affect COVID-19
A Colorado Senator Michael Bennett suggested that Kennedy's statement made by Kennedy in 2023 that he had been eliminating a specific ethnic group.
“COVID-19 is aimed at attacking white and black people,” he said in a New York Post video. “The most immunity is the most immunity of Ashkenage and the Chinese.”
In response to Bennett, Kennedy mentioned federal research from a Cleveland Clinic issued early on Pandemic.
Scientists have stated that the interpretation of Kennedy's research distorted the results of the dissertation. One person discovered a genetic difference that could make symbiosis more sensitive than others, but the difference was so rare that it was unusual for a large number of groups.
Children's risk from COVID
During the hearing, Kennedy also claimed that a 6 -year -old child had a “zero” risk from “basically” COVID.
CDC pointed out that children with fundamental medical condition are risky due to severe results from infants less than six months, based on severe results from COVID.
Super positive food and obesity
At the early stage of the hearing, Kennedy selected processed foods as a trendy driver for obesity.
“We must not give 60 % of the school children the food that makes them sick,” he said.
Many public health and nutritional experts say that ultra -high -processing foods, which account for an estimated US food supply, are probably a factor in the US obese crisis, and it is useful to reduce them.
However, other researchers say that obesity is probably the result of many intertwined factors, both environment and genetic, and the phenomenon may have begun long ago with ultra -high processing foods.
Experts say this category is also wide, and it is not clear whether all high -processing foods are harmful. There may be drawbacks to avoid some ultra -high -processing foods, such as flavor yogurt, whole grain wheat bread and serial.
Lindsey Smith Tailie, an associate professor of Nutrition of UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, said that removing ultra -high processing foods from school lunch was “transformation.” However, she added that the school needs more resources to prepare a meal from scratch.
Medicare and Medicade
Through the hearing, Kennedy struggled with the nuances of Medicade and Medicare.
He suggested that “more people have the advantage of Medicare,” but they can't afford to buy it because it's more expensive. In fact, the advantage of Medicare is generally cheaper for beneficiaries.
He also explained that Medicade was fully funded to the federal government. The expenditure is actually divided between the state and the federal government. He explained that if the registrant of the Medicade does not pay any of these types, the premium and deduction will be too high except in very rare cases.
Underwater fluoride
Kennedy referred to a recent study that discovered relevance between fluoride and IQ. This is a study that I felt that I had proven my previous concerns about the dangers of fluorideded drinking water.
The explanation of the research results was accurate, but there are notable warnings.
This study was by a scientist of the National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences, which was funded to the federal government, an analysis of tens of fluoride research, and related to a higher IQ score. I understand.
However, researchers warned that none of the research included in the analysis was conducted in the United States. With these amounts of fluoride, the evidence was too limited and could not draw a decisive conclusion.
The CDC has pointed out that experts who have linked the community waterfall and health “have not found persuasive scientific evidence.”
