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American Pravda: Dangerous Foods

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American Pravda: Dangerous Foods  Ron Unz Audio Player The Surprising Facts About Diet and Nutrition Donald Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services in his new administration, and the latter has declared that his mission will be to  “Make America Healthy Again.”  But even if Kennedy is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he faces a very stiff challenge in fulfilling that pledge. Most Americans are probably not fully aware just how dramatically our national health has declined over the last few decades, and until very recently I was certainly included among the uninformed. Yet much of this decline has been easily visible to our eyes. According to research studies,  about 74% of all American adults are now overweight , while  almost 42% suffer from clinical obesity , along with  nearly 15 million adolescents and children . These rates  have skyrocketed  during the last half-century. Our national obesity f...