RFK Jr. Announces Obesity Rates in America Are Down for the First Time in Half a Century

In this The Gateway Pundit article, Randy DeSoto reports that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. announced U.S. obesity rates dropped 2.5% last year — the first decline in half a century — crediting the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again efforts to combat ultra-processed foods.

• Obesity drives about 80% of chronic disease, and the drop is expected to significantly lower federal health care costs, which account for 35% of expenditures.
• RFK Jr. noted childhood obesity soared from 3% in the early 1960s to 20% today, while 38% of American teens are now diabetic or pre-diabetic.
• He blamed government dietary guidelines, the food pyramid, and ultra-processed foods — comprising 70% of calories — for poisoning Americans’ metabolic systems and fueling the epidemic.
• Gallup confirmed the trend, reporting adult obesity falling from a 2022 peak of 39.9% to 37.0% in 2025, partly due to increased use of weight-loss drugs.
• The MAHA initiative promotes “Eat Real Food,” shifting school lunches, SNAP benefits, and public guidelines away from junk toward whole foods, exercise, and metabolic health.
• RFK Jr. emphasized the government had been lying for 50 years, but now Americans have leadership telling the truth and reversing chronic disease trends.

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/watch-rfk-jr-announces-obesity-rates-america-first/