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How Junk Food Took Hold in the US and What RFK Jr. Is Doing About It

‘We have people who are obese who are at the same time malnourished, because the food that we’re eating is not nutrient-dense anymore,’ Kennedy said.

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How Junk Food Took Hold in the US and What RFK Jr. Is Doing About It
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By Lawrence Wilson
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April 21, 2025Updated:April 22, 2025

INDIANAPOLIS—“It’s not food. It’s food-like substances.”

This is how Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described the many manufactured food products that are high in calories but low in nutritional value.

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