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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “38% of teens are diabetic or pre diabetic.”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Discusses Chronic Disease, Environmental Toxins, and Autism Research

Published | Video Starts at 10:29

You know, Caitlin, when I was a kid, my uncle was president. The average pediatrician at that time saw one case of juvenile diabetes in his lifetime over a 40 or 50 year career. Today, 38% of teens are diabetic or pre diabetic. and one out of every three kids who walks to his office door has that. And it's costing us a trillion dollars a year just for that kind of mitochondrial dysfunction. (10:29–10:33)

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