Kennedy’s MAHA strategy will not be released to the public immediately

By David Lim, Marcia Brown, Megan Messerly | 08/11/2025 11:58 AM EDT

Industry will have to wait longer for the report, which is expected to give the government’s response to childhood chronic diseases.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a roundtable discussion.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes part in a roundtable discussion on soil health and the "Make America Healthy Again" initiative at the U.S. Capitol, on July 15, 2025. Francis Chung/POLITICO

Farmers, food manufacturers, chemical companies, anti-vaccine activists and MAHA moms — all waiting anxiously for the release of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s strategy for “making children healthy again” — will have to wait a bit longer.

The White House said Monday that it expected the Make America Healthy Again Commission, which President Donald Trump created in February to revamp the nation’s food supply and chronic health outcomes, to send the strategy to the president Tuesday, as required by an executive order.

However, spokesperson Kush Desai added that it will take more time to coordinate officials’ schedules to release the report to the public.

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The upcoming MAHA policy recommendations are expected to suggest a restructuring of the government’s response to childhood chronic diseases and will have wide-ranging implications for food, farm and health policy.

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