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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “70% of Americans are either obese or overweight.”

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

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RFK. Jr. pins America's obesity on ultraprocessed food, calls it "poison" | 60 Minutes

Published | Video Starts at 02:53

It's that significant. The scale of this, this affects everybody. Understand? Not everybody smoked. Look at the number of people who consume ultra processed food. It touches all of us. 70% of Americans are either obese or overweight. And it's not because they got indolent or because we became lazy or because we suddenly developed giant appetites. (02:53–02:57)

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