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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We now have the highest chronic disease burden in the entire…”

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

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Fixing America's Food System - Robert Irvine

Published | Video Starts at 01:01

How do we go from eating 70% processed foods, eating all whole foods, foods that are actually going to keep us healthy? The processed foods are making us sick. We now have the highest chronic disease burden in the entire world. And we're spending. We've gone from spending zero on chronic disease when my uncle was president in 1960 to spending $4.3 trillion a year. (01:01–01:06)

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