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Exclusive: New Report Breaks Down Science Behind MAHA

By Annalisa Merelli. Originally published on June 11, 2025 on Medscape.com

Emily Broad Leib was quoted in this article.

Understanding the scientific value of “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) can be challenging. The MAHA report — commissioned by President Donald Trump and overseen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr — cited hundreds of sources, misinterpreting some and fabricating others. 

Some of MAHA’s priorities are backed by well-established science and are worth supporting, according to a new University of Pennsylvania report published Wednesday on the Psychology of Eating and Consumer Health Lab website and obtained by Medscape Medical News for exclusive review.

“We may not agree with everything that the MAHA commission and [Kennedy] are putting forth,” said the UPenn report’s lead author Alyssa Moran, ScD, MPH, director of policy and research strategy at the Penn Center for Food and Nutrition Policy. 

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