Are America's Kids the "Sickest Generation in History"? Will Eliminating Food Chemicals Save them? Does Exercise Need Promotion? What's Better: Kids Eating Unhealthy School Lunch or Not Eating At All?
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The Best Paragraph I've Read:
"President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the healthsecretary, set forth their vision on Thursday for how to “make America healthy again” with the release of an expansive report on a crisis of chronic disease in children. The report lays the blame on ultra processed foods, chemical exposures, stress, lack of physical activity and excessive use of prescription drugs, including antidepressants. The product of a presidential commission led by Mr. Kennedy, the report paints a bleak picture of American children, calling them “the sickest generation in American history.”
This paragraph comes from the New York Times. The article is titled: "Kennedy and Trump Paint Bleak Picture of Chronic Disease in U.S. Children." The authors are Sheryl Gay Stolberg & Dani Blum. You can read the full article here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/kennedy-trump-maha-report.htmlZac & Don discuss whether today's generation are the sickest generation in history. They wonder whether our problem stems from the processed foods we eat or the lack of regular physical exercise. They also discuss the school lunch conundrum - is it better to have kids eat even if it's unhealthy food?
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