During a hearing to consider his candidacy for the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services, Robert F. spoke. Kennedy Junior on issues in health and medicine, including the cause of chronic diseases, Covid-19 and highly treated foods.
Below is a list of the main health claims, which our correspondents achieve.
chronic disease
Mr. Kennedy’s opening statement focused on the high health conditions, saying that there is a crisis in children’s health in the United States. Many experts agree – although they disagree about the reasons.
Forty percent Of children have a chronic health condition, the number is higher for teenagers when obesity is included.
Almost one in every 36 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, According to the data One of the centers of control and prevention of diseases. One in four It has allergies or oxima, and rates of type 2 diabetes It was rising In these 19 and under every year.
While type 2 diabetes rates rise, they are still low: according to American Diabetes AssociationIt occurs at 0.35 percent of Americans under the age of 20.
Which affects covid-19
Senator Michael Bennett pressed Colorado on Mr. Kennedy in a statement made by Mr. Kennedy in 2023 in which he suggested that the Corona virus Targeted and avoid certain ethnic groups.
He said in a video clip from a video clip from a video clip from a video clip: “Covid-19 aimed at attacking the Caucasians and blacks.” New York Post. “The most immune people are the Jews and the Chinese.”
In response to Mr. Bennett, Mr. Kennedy pointed to federal funding A study from the Cleveland Clinic It was published early than the epidemic who tried to decipher the virus more likely to decode.
Scientists said that the interpretation of Mr. Kennedy to study Wide distorting results in the paper. Although it has found genetic differences that could make an individual more likely to one person than the other, the differences were very rare so that they could not make any generalizations about large groups of people.
The danger of children from Covid
During the hearing, Mr. Kennedy also confirmed that 6 -year -old children “mainly” have a “zero” danger from Covid.
the Note CDC Children with essential medical conditions are at greater risk of severe results than Covid, as well as infants under the age of six months of age.
Foods and obesity are superior
Early in the hearing, Mr. Kennedy designed the manufactured food as an obese epidemic driver.
He said: “We should not give 60 percent of children in schools that do you get.”
Many public health and nutritionists say that high -treated foods – which are an estimate 73 percent of American food supplies – You may be a worker in Obesity crisis In the United States, it will be useful to reduce it.
But other researchers say that the obesity epidemic is likely to be the result of many intertwined factors, both environment and genetic, and that the phenomenon has started Long before the presence of highly treated foods.
Also wide category, and not clear if All super foods are harmfulExperts say. There may be negative aspects to avoid some supercive foods, such as yogurt with a flavor, whole wheat bread and grains, as they add, as they can provide valuable nutrients.
Lindsey Smith Taili, a professor of feeding participating at the World Public Health College at UNC Gillings, said it would be a “transformation” to remove super foods from school lunch. But she added that schools will need more resources to prepare zero meals.
Medicare and Medicaid
Throughout the session, Mr. Kennedy fought with the nuances of Medicaid and Medicare.
“More people prefer to be on Medicare,” but they cannot afford it because it is more expensive. In fact, the Medicare feature is Generally less expensive On a monthly basis for beneficiaries.
The Medicaid program also described federally funded. Spending is already divided between states and the federal government. Continue describing premiums and discounts as very high when, except for very rare cases, does not pay medical aid registry any of these types of drawings.
Florid in water
Mr. Kennedy indicated A recent study This has found a relationship between fluoride and IQ – he searched that he felt his previous concern about the risks of impaired drinking water.
While describing the results of the study was accurate, there are noticeable warnings.
The study, conducted by scientists from the National Institute of Environmental Sciences from the federal government, was an analysis of dozens of fluoride studies, which found higher exposure to fluoride. It was linked to reducing intelligence degrees.
However, the researchers have warned that none of the studies included in the analysis conducted in the United States, where the level of fluoride in drinking water is very low. In these quantities of fluoride, the evidence was very limited to extracting final conclusions.
Disease Control Center Note Its experts “did not find scientific evidence” linking the societal water flame with the harmful health effects.
