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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We have the highest chronic disease burden of any nation on…”

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

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Extended interview: RFK Jr. discusses new dietary guidelines

Published | Video Starts at 04:06

It's contributing to diabetes and the obesity epidemic and to the fact that we are the sickest country now in the world. We have the highest chronic disease burden of any nation on earth. And so, you know, we're hoping people, we're hoping this changes the food culture. What it's going to do is it's going to change. The federally subsidized school lunches are going to change. (04:06–04:10)

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Asserts that the U.S. has the highest chronic disease burden globally.

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